With her experience in the global market and knowledge of the international arts, Kira Alexis Krümm has qualities that far exceed industry standards. Ms. Krümm’s passion for travel and international design has nurtured her creativity and exposed her to some of the most interesting cultures in the world. She has lived in London and Florence and traveled extensively throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean. Ms. Krümm’s travels continue to enhance her unique and creative perspective, as well as broaden her professional experiences, enabling her to create unparalleled environments that her clients call home.

Ms. Krümm established a strong reputation for excellence in design in the early 90’s while owning her Interior Design Firm in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she concentrated on high-end residential and commercial design. During that time, she was recognized with awards for designing some of the city’s most popular and successful restaurants. She later relocated to Naples, Florida, in 2000, where she reopened her firm and now resides in the International Design Center, Southwest Florida's ultimate resource for design professionals and consumers. As the recipient of some of the industry’s top honors for excellence in design, Krümm’s work continues to impress and evolve while she expands into the global marketplace.
 
Kira Krümm’s award winning work has been featured in several nationally sold, hard bound books such as Florida Design’s Best of Florida Design 2006 and Florida Interiors in 2007. She is a featured designer in the Spectacular Homes of Southwest America book, which is sold in major national bookstores such as Barnes & Noble. Her design projects have been published nationally in such publications as Luxury Homes, Florida Design, GulfShore Life, Home & Design, N Magazine, HomeBuyer Magazine, Naples Illustrated, Naples Design, Grandeur, Florida Designer’s Review and Florida International. In 2006, she was asked to share her expertise and knowledge of the global market and design industry by contributing her own column called “INSIDE DESIGN” in Home & Design magazine, one of Southwest Florida’s leading design publication. In these articles, Krümm explains the intricacies of the interior design process. She also documented her international travels for several feature stories taking her audience behind the scenes to such events as the High Point International Furniture Market and Furniture China. Ms. Krümm continues to share her knowledge of the industry through design seminars at the International Design Center.

Ms.Krümm’s career has developed on a global scale through her experience and commitment to international design and the influence it has on today’s culture. The world market is a strong focus for Krümm’s future; Krümm is in the process of creating her own brand of home products featured in the Kira Krümm Kollection on display in the International Design Center, Estero, Florida.

Ms. Krümm’s work was televised on HGTV’s Ultimate Bedrooms for Romance, published in Home Ideas Magazine, China’s biggest international design magazine, and will be featured in the book, Modern Interior Design, The American Collection, which will be published in China in 2009. She acted as the contributing editor of the hard bound book, where she was charge of selecting 25 top designers to showcase their unique and different styles of modern American design.

Ms. Krümm has been named in Florida International Magazines’ top Florida designers, with her most recent project selected as one of eight designers’ featured in their Annual Home & Design issue August 2008.

Ms. Krümm was one of eight prominent designers selected to participate in the 2008 Designer Showcase currently on display at the International Design Center. Inspired by the international city of Shanghai, Krümm named the master suite “The Shanghai Room” which exhibits luxury home products from her own collection.

Ms. Krümm is dedicated to the Arts and is involved in many national and international art and trade organizations. Ms. Krümm was recently appointed to the Marco Island City Arts Advisory Committee. She is the former Vice President and Visual Arts chairman for the Marco Island Foundation for the Arts and acted as the Chairman of the Selection Committee for Art Quest, the first public sculpture exhibition on Marco Island. She is a member of the Marco Island Chamber of Commerce, the United Arts Council, the Collier Building Industry Association (CBIA) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Ms. Krümm is certified by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ). She is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA), and is an Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Ms. Krümm has dedicated her life to design. Receiving many prestigious awards as a young art student, she attended The Governor’s Magnet School for the Arts at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, from 1984 through 1988. She also attended Rhode Island School of Design for a special fine art gifted program in 1987. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with an Interior Design major from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. While studying art and design at VCU, she presided as the Senator for the School of the Arts on the Student Senate Executive Board and was President of the Fine Arts Council. In 1992, Krümm was given a special scholarship from her university and continued her studies of Interior Design, Furniture Design and Architectural Photography as a World Study Scholar at the American College in London.