Who We Are
Planning the perfect corporate, private, or charity event can be stressful – from deciding on a concept to creating a budget to translating your ideas into a captivating, memorable experience for even your most discriminating guests.
Luckily, what is stressful for some is a joy to others!
Enter Kuki Design Group, a full-service design, décor, and production firm led by Creative Director Kuki Gomez and Events Director Ivan Hall.
This super-talented, high-energy team will lower your stress level and exceed your expectations with a chic event that’s not only visually stunning but stimulating to all the senses. Together with their network of business partners and vendors, they can provide you and your company with a full range of resources and production services.
Known for their beauty, innovation, glamour, sophistication, and always, an element of surprise, Kuki Design Group events resonate with guests and hosts alike.
With Kuki Design Group at the helm, all you’ll need to do, as your event date approaches, is decide what to wear!
Ivan Hall started his career in the entertainment business in L.A., working in production at Walt Disney Feature Animation and Touchstone Television. He was also a major player in the “new media” industry; he designed and produced DVD’s on the “making of” popular films. He was Director of Production for more than 50 Disney titles including Toy Story, The Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast, and for other blockbusters from Universal, New Line Cinema, and Sony including Lord of the Rings and Spiderman. After 13 years in production, Ivan began working closely with Leeza Gibbons and her Memory Foundation. As Project Director, he designed and produced charity events and opened two support centers on the West Coast. Since his move to New York, he and Kuki Design Group have produced large-scale events for DIRECTV, Conde Nast, Hearst Corporation, and the Tribeca Film Festival. Ivan graduated from Towson State University in Baltimore where he majored in theater. He has served as a member of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences.
After studying Art and Graphic Design in Argentina at Buenos Aires University, Ruben Alejandro “Kuki” Gomez started his career as Creative Director for Levi’s Jeans and Guess Jeans. Known for his flair for style and exceptional attention to detail, Kuki went on to design the fashion show and graphics for the first Hugo Boss store in the country. Since moving to New York, he has worked as a freelance designer, creating hundreds of special events for top names including Robert Isabelle, Matthew David Events, Michelle Rago, and Antony Todd. In addition, he worked internationally with Sherry Nahid and Colin Cowie on a Royal wedding in Qatar; at the opening for the Atlantis resort on a manmade island in Dubai; and at private parties in Hong Kong, Sydney, Cabo San Lucas, and several islands in the Caribbean. Together with the co-founder of Kuki Design Group, Ivan Hall, he has produced large-scale events for DIRECTV, Conde Nast, Hearst Corporation, and the Tribeca Film Festival.
