Corey Damen
Jenkins
Corey is an internationally acclaimed MasterClass Instructor and AD100 and ELLE Décor A-List interior designer. He is renowned for his deft approach to layering sophisticated colors, textures, and patterns to create timeless and iconic spaces.
Meet Corey
Corey has become a celebrated and influential voice in the world of design for interiors that are elevated, bespoke, and distinctive, masterfully tailored specially for his clients’ personalities and lifestyles.
Corey Damen Jenkins is the Founder and Principal of Corey Damen Jenkins & Associates, an internationally recognized interior design, decoration, and architecture firm based in New York City.
Known for his bold approach to color, pattern, and layered detail, Corey Damen Jenkins creates timeless spaces that feel deeply personal, richly composed, and unmistakably refined. His namesake firm has been inducted into Architectural Digest’s AD100 and ELLE Décor’s A-List. Corey is also the recipient of some of the industry's highest honors, including the Larry Kravet Industry Leadership Award from the New York School of Interior Design (NYSD), the Career Achievement in Design Award from Fashion Group International, the ARTS Award for Interior Designer of the Year (2023), and other prestigious distinctions.
A proud Metro-Detroit native, Corey began his career in interior design in 1996. Since opening his firm in 2008, he has become a leading voice in luxury interior design—his brand valued as much for his distinct point of view as it is for his craft. Drawing inspiration from haute couture, historic architecture, and global travels, Corey designs spaces that reflect how his clients actually live. From modern retreats in the mountains of Carmel to internet-breaking apartments overlooking Central Park, every project is rooted in what Corey calls “design democracy”— where the client’s personality, lifestyle, and story always come first.
A passionate teacher and advocate, Corey is regularly tapped to give lectures at the nation’s top design institutions. He also frequently weighs in on matters of taste through televised appearances on talk shows and news stations, and his MasterClass curriculum has been viewed by millions around the globe. Corey remains deeply involved in charitable, community-based initiatives, and currently serves on the Foundational Board of Directors for FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) and the Board of Trustees for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club of New York.
maximalism
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We lift modern maximalism to a different dimension. Our work is guided by balance and intention, creating spaces that honor the past, feel confident in the moment, and transcend trends through a sense of enduring elegance.
Corey Damen Jenkins approaches his interior designs like a music conductor directs an orchestra: merging complex, visual symphonies of colorful hues, pattern play, and historical references into layered spaces that feel expressive yet precisely composed.
Corey’s muses
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![Model walking on runway wearing vibrant orange, white, and light blue tie-dye patterned outfit with a white hooded scarf.]()
Fashion
The runway has always been one of my greatest classrooms. Designers like Issey Miyake, Valentino, Fendi, Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent push the boundaries of proportion, texture, and color in ways that translate seamlessly into interiors. What moves through fashion today often finds its way into my rooms tomorrow.
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![Colorful orchids in a greenhouse with glass ceiling and lush greenery.]()
Organic Nature
Walking through New York City's flower district never gets old — it's a masterclass in color that no textbook could replicate. I’ve always believed that if nature can pair multiple hues so effortlessly in a single bloom, those same tones can belong together in a room.
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![A black Asian-style wooden cabinet decorated with gold accents and traditional Asian artwork, on a wooden floor in a room with white walls. On top of the cabinet are books, a small purple item, and a large green vase with a white lampshade and a bouquet of yellow flowers. Behind the cabinet is a framed photograph of a boy in a police hat, and to the right, part of a framed horse portrait.]()
Art
Great art doesn’t simply adorn a wall: it commands onlookers to reflect on its meaning and relevance. I’m drawn to works that carry emotional weight and visual daring, the kind that shifts the energy of a space the moment one enters it.
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![Interior view of a grand church ceiling with elaborate gold and colorful frescoes, sculptures, and architectural details.]()
Historic Civilizations
The Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, and Babylonians understood something fundamental: that beauty in the built environment is an expression of reverence. Their architecture, their jewel-toned textiles, their devotion to ornament — all of it speaks to a standard of living that still feels aspirational today. I draw from these ancient wells often, finding that what once adorned palaces translates powerfully into modern interiors.
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![Looking up at a tall skyscraper with an American flag and a city flag flying from the top, and the building's name ‘HUMPHREY SULTAN’ engraved on the front facade near the entrance.]()
Bygone Eras
There is a particular magic in eras that leaned fully into grandeur — the geometric glamour of Art Deco, the beaded exuberance of the 1920s and 30s, the gilded excess of the Italian Renaissance and European courts. These periods remind us that interiors can be theatrical, layered, and unapologetically opulent. I return to them as a reminder that restraint has its place, but so does splendor.
Where to find Corey
Every corner of Corey's world, in one place.