About Us ________________________________________ Aref & Associates was founded to meet the space planning and interior design needs of major corporations, professional service firms and developers. Our basic philosophy as a boutique design firm is to establish a long-term working relationship with our clients based on a clear understanding of their design objectives and corporate identity, and ultimately create an intelligent working environment to meet those objectives and identity. Over the years, our success has been attributed to the development of strategic planning concepts adhering to our basic design philosophy of form follows function. In essence, we create innovative solutions efficiently and economically that specifically address our client's long-term requirements. This philosophy balances the pragmatic climate that exists in the global economy with a strong commitment to high quality design. The success of a boutique design firm lies in the collaborative effort of the design team and its commitment to hands-on approach by the principals of the firm to all aspects of the planning and design process. As a team, we review and analyze our client's design criteria and propose solutions that are on the cutting edge of design that lead to the development of a new environment within a design concept that allows form to follow function. As a highly motivated design firm, we are able to become involved in a select number of quality projects that allow our principals to bring hand-on involvement at each step of the design process. Thus, our clients are provided with the highest level of professional services that they deserve and have come to trust. This philosophy and approach has led to the many long-term relationships we have built over the years and will continue to provide the foundation for our success as we move to cyberspace in the 21st century.