RUTH SAFDIE IS A NEW YORK-BASED INTERIOR DESIGNER WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE SHAPED BY HER UPBRINGING IN GENEVA, SÃO PAULO, AND PANAMA CITY. FLUENT IN FOUR LANGUAGES, SHE BLENDS CULTURAL INFLUENCES TO CREATE TIMELESS, SOPHISTICATED SPACES. TRAINED AT THE NEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN, SHE HAS EXPERIENCE IN HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL AND BOUTIQUE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS. HER STUDIO, CASA TANUKI, IS INSPIRED BY THE JAPANESE TANUKI, SYMBOLIZING ADAPTABILITY, CREATIVITY, AND JOY, WHICH ALIGNS WITH HER DESIGN PHILOSOPHY OF INNOVATION, CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND REINVENTION.