About Us

Clear on Black is a bespoke interior architectural design firm for upscale and luxury hotels and resorts. 

We help hotel owners, operators, and developers gain dominating market presence and greater profitability by unlocking the hidden potential of their properties. 

Our design approach is what makes Clear on Black unique. We know hotels. We know how they’re built. How they function. How the people inside them move and how the space performs around them. We look for and find things that many people do not.

We believe that interior design is not “art,” nor is it just a story.  For us, it begins with a formalized problem-solving process.  Through a combination of a structured analysis and 25 years of practical application, we’ve developed and refined a diagnostic assessment that uncovers constraints and opportunities and brings to the surface the “thisness” of the project, the elements that are solely unique and indisputably true and authentic.  This process ultimately takes us to design that is deeply relevant, the guests feel it, and it translates to greater profit for the owner.

Our clients are established brands such as Hilton, Fairmont, MGM, Marriott, Renaissance, Marriott, Loews and Hyatt, as well as developers and owners of branded or non-branded properties and one-off hotels. Our commissions range from 20-room boutique hotels to 1,800-room resorts and include every facility within a hotel that a guest comes in contact with.

What links our clients is their upscale or luxury market presence and their desire to have an intrinsically unique property and guest experience.