administering design through adaptive reuse, entertainment and pleasure...Josh Held Design is a full service design agency with the sole mission of evolving the designed environment and how it is experienced. With over 15 years of creating and reinventing hospitality design, Josh Held has amassed a collection of work focused on Hotels, Casinos, Nightclubs, Restaurants, Theaters, Retail, and Residential. It is with these capabilities that he created Josh Held Design to work with an ever-expanding roster of clients and advance the state of hospitality design while providing a more personal and direct relationship between the client and designer.Josh Held Design has called New York City it’s home since 2009 creating projects in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago and New York City including the $30 million renovation of the W Lakeshore in Chicago, FPB Bakery in New York City for world-renowned chocolatier and pastry chef Francois Payard, and Voyeur Nightclub Los Angeles, which continues to be one of the top rated nightclubs in the United States.

At Wimberly Interiors, Josh will spearhead the firm’s entertainment, gaming, nightlife, and retail design projects, rounding out the firm’s robust offerings in the United States, the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific.Wimberly Interiors is the interior design studio of WATG and since 2008 has established itself at the forefront of hospitality design, delivering imaginative, immersive interiors that integrate reality with emotion. Wimberly’s extraordinary designs begin with a compelling story and a spirit of curiosity that inform and intrigue guest experiences with unique expression.Wimberly ranked 15th in the 2018 Top 100 Hospitality Giants by Interior Design Magazine. In 2018, Wimberly Interiors created extraordinary designs on four continents in over 20 countries on behalf of such distinguished brands as Bellagio, Four Seasons, St. Regis, Nobu, EDITION, Ritz-Carlton, Rosewood, Viceroy, Fairmont, Belmond, Kempinski and Hyatt.