Yabu Pushelberg

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Yabu Pushelberg is a design studio with offices in Toronto and New York. The studio was founded in 1980 by Canadian designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg.

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History

George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg founded the studio in 1980.[ citation needed ] In 2025, Yabu Pushelberg appointed Waqas Ahmed as Chief Executive Officer. [1]

Studio

Toronto

Yabu Pushelberg's Toronto studio occupies a former food distribution centre at 55 Booth Street in the east end of Toronto. The next door building, 59 Booth Street, previously housed the Avenue Road Showroom, a business partnership between George Yabu, Glenn Pushelberg, and Stephan Weishaupt. When Avenue Road relocated, Yabu Pushelberg acquired the property, joining the two buildings to create a 13,000 ft2 (1,200 m2) studio space.[ citation needed ]

New York

Yabu Pushelberg's New York studio was established in 2001 and is home to the design house’s Brand Strategy, Lighting, Project Management, and Legal teams, as well as three Interior Design teams. After a decade in SoHo, the studio moved to a three-level heritage building on White Street in Tribeca.[ citation needed ]

Interior

In 1984, Yabu Pushelberg designed its first major interior design project, a Club Monaco store in Toronto. In 1998, the studio won a James Beard Award for Toronto’s Monsoon Restaurant, including from Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital Group. Soon after, Yabu Pushelberg was selected to simultaneously design two hotels with identical budgets: the 500-room W Hotels New York flagship and the 57-room Four Seasons Marunouchi, Tokyo.

Yabu Pushelberg has worked for hospitality brands including Aman, American Express, EDITION Hotels in Honolulu, [2] Miami Beach, [3] London, [4] and Times Square; [5] Four Seasons Kuwait Burj Alshaya; [6] New York Downtown and Toronto; [7] Tokyo; Park Hyatt Bangkok; [8] New York and Shenzhen; [9] Park Lane Hotel; [10] Rosewood Guangzhou; [11] Viceroy Maldives Resort; [12] Ritz-Carlton, The Chancery Rosewood and Asaya Spa; [13] Raffles Sentosa Singapore; [14] JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo; [15] and Onuki Athens. [16]

Retail projects include the LVMH-owned department store La Samaritaine; [17] goop MRKT Toronto; [18] Bergdorf Goodman; [19] Barneys New York; [20] Louis Vuitton Hong Kong; [21] Lane Crawford Home Hong Kong; [22] Printemps Paris; [23] Tiffany & Co., Wall Street, New York; [24] and The Palace Muli, Beijing. [25]

Product

Yabu Pushelberg has designed product collections including Man of Parts, [26] B&B Italia, Collection Particulière, [27] De Padova, [28] Eggersmann, [29] Fantini, [30] Glas Italia, [31] Henge, [32] Lasvit, [33] Ligne Roset, [34] Linteloo, [35] Marset, [36] Molteni&C, Neinkämper, [37] Pampaloni, [38] Salvatori, [39] Tai Ping, [40] Tribu, [41] Van Rossum, [42] Warp and Weft, [43] HC28, [44] cc-tapis, [45] Zucchetti, [46] MDF Italia, [47] Leolux, [48] CEA, [49] and Stellar Works. [50]

Several of the studio’s product collections have been introduced at Salone del Mobile in Milan, 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen, and ICFF Shanghai. [51]

Education

Scholarships

As alumni of Ryerson University, George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg created a permanent scholarship and internship program. [52] The Yabu Pushelberg Award for Innovation in Interior Design supports student entrepreneurs and provides professional mentorship. [53]

In 2016, Yabu Pushelberg created the Yabu Pushelberg Endowed Scholarship Fund at The New School, supporting a permanent named scholarship for a student in the Interior Design Program at Parsons. [54]

Awards

Yabu Pushelberg has received several industry awards: AD 100 Hall of Fame, [55] BoF 500, [56] Design Studio of the Year Public Vote, [57] and Elle Decor A-List Designers. [58] In 2014, founders George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg were appointed Officers of the Order of Canada. [59]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Team". Yabu Pushelberg. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  2. ↑ "The Honolulu EDITION". YinjiSpace. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Miami Beach EDITION". Yabu Pushelberg. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  4. ↑ "The London EDITION". Yabu Pushelberg. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Times Square EDITION". Yabu Pushelberg. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya". Forbes Travel Guide. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  7. ↑ "The Hedonists". Toronto Life. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Park Hyatt Bangkok — Hotel Review". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Park Hyatt Shenzhen Debut". Hospitality Net. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  10. ↑ "The Park Lane Hotel Enters a New Era". WWD. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Inside the New Rosewood Guangzhou". Architectural Digest. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Viceroy Maldives Resort Debut". Mubadala. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Asaya Spa at The Chancery Rosewood". Hospitality Design. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Raffles Sentosa Singapore". Hospitality Design. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  15. ↑ "JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo". Home Journal. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Onuki Athens". Athens Urban Hotels. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Legendary Paris Department Store La Samaritaine Reopens". Wallpaper*. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop to Open First Canadian Pop-Up in Toronto". CTV News. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Bergdorf Goodman New York — Yabu Pushelberg". Yabu Pushelberg. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Yabu Pushelberg on a Roll". Canadian Interiors. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Louis Vuitton Retail Projects — Yabu Pushelberg". Brabbu. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Lane Crawford Home — Yabu Pushelberg". Yabu Pushelberg. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  23. ↑ "Style Section". The New York Times. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  24. ↑ "Tiffany & Co. Wall Street — Yabu Pushelberg". Yabu Pushelberg. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  25. ↑ "The Palace Muli Beijing — Yabu Pushelberg". Yabu Pushelberg. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  26. ↑ "Man of Parts — Yabu Pushelberg". Man of Parts. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  27. ↑ "Collection Particulière — Yabu Dining Table". Collection Particulière. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  28. ↑ "De Padova — Yabu Pushelberg". De Padova. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Eggersmann Kitchens — Yabu Pushelberg". Eggersmann. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  30. ↑ "Fantini — Designers — Yabu Pushelberg". Fantini. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  31. ↑ "Glas Italia — Yabu Pushelberg". Glas Italia. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  32. ↑ "Yabu Pushelberg debuts Puddle tables". Dezeen. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  33. ↑ "Lasvit — Designers — Yabu Pushelberg". Lasvit. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  34. ↑ "Pukka Seating Collection — Ligne Roset". Design Milk. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  35. ↑ "Linteloo — Yabu Pushelberg". Linteloo. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  36. ↑ "Marset — Yabu Pushelberg". Marset. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  37. ↑ "Neinkämper — Designers — Yabu Pushelberg". Neinkämper. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  38. ↑ "Pampaloni — Yabu Pushelberg". Pampaloni. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  39. ↑ "Salvatori — Yabu Pushelberg". ELLE Decoration. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  40. ↑ "Tai Ping Carpets — Designers". Tai Ping. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  41. ↑ "Tribu — Nodi Collection". Tribu. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  42. ↑ "The Elegant, Thoughtful Furniture of Yabu Pushelberg". The New York Times. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  43. ↑ "Warp and Weft — Yabu Pushelberg". Warp & Weft. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  44. ↑ "HC28 — Designers — Yabu Pushelberg". HC28. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  45. ↑ "cc-tapis — Designers — Yabu Pushelberg". cc-tapis. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  46. ↑ "Zucchetti — Yabu Pushelberg". C41 Magazine. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  47. ↑ "MDF Italia — Designers — Yabu Pushelberg". MDF Italia. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  48. ↑ "Leolux in Milan — Yabu Pushelberg". Leolux. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  49. ↑ "CEA Design — Ayla Collection". CEA Design. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  50. ↑ "Stellar Works — Designers — Yabu Pushelberg". Stellar Works. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  51. ↑ "How George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg Prepared for Salone del Mobile". Architectural Digest. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  52. ↑ "Yabu Pushelberg Alumni Spotlight". Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  53. ↑ "Yabu Pushelberg Gift to Zone Leads by Design". Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  54. ↑ "Yabu Pushelberg Endowed Scholarship Fund". The New School. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  55. ↑ "AD 100 Hall of Fame". Architectural Digest. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  56. ↑ "George Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg — BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  57. ↑ "Design Studio of the Year — Public Vote". Dezeen. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  58. ↑ "Elle Decor A-List Designers". ELLE Decor. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  59. ↑ "Order of Canada". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
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