Charles Pavarini III is an experienced interior designer with over 30 years in the field. He received a BFA from the New York School of Interior Design and continued his education at Harvard. He has owned two interior design firms, worked on numerous show houses and residential/commercial projects, and received many design awards. He is a member of several professional design organizations and has been an instructor at The New School.

1. CHARLES E. PAVARINI, III
IIDA, DLF, Associate ASID
EDUCATION B.F.A. from the New York School of Interior Design, New
York, New York. Graduated with the Bronze Medal for
Design Achievement. Continued education in Product Design and
Marketing, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1980 - 1981 Assistant to Ruben de Saavedra, ASID
1981 Founding principal: Pavarini-Cole Interiors, Inc.
1998 Founding principal: Charles Pavarini III Design Associates, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
1981 - 1994 Charter member: New York Chapter, ISID (International
Society of Interior Designers). 1981-94, Board of Directors:
New York Chapter, ISID; 1989-90, Second Vice President; 1991-92, Vice President;
1993 President
1985 – 2010 Member: The Designers Lighting Forum (DLF). 1985-91, Board of
Directors; 1987-90, Secretary
1989 - Present Member: IDLNY (Interior Designers for Licensing New York)
1992 – 1993 Board of Directors: One Voice - guidance council for unification
1994 -present Founding Member: The New York Chapter, IIDA (The International
Interior Design Association). 1994-95, Board of Directors, Residential
Forum Representative
1982 - 2010 Allied Member: ASID (American Society of Interior Designers)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1983 Chairperson: The International Society of Interior Designers’ Design
Showhouse, New York City, Sara Delano Roosevelt House
1989 Featured speaker, Lighting World Exhibit, Jacob K. Javitz Convention
Center of New York.
1990 Listed in ‘Who’s Who in Interior Design’
1994 Installation Coordinator: Habitat for the 90’s, sponsored by ‘House Beautiful.’
2010 Presenter at ArtExpo: “How Art is Incorporated into an Interior Design Scheme”
2011 Honorary Chairman and Participant, “Holiday House” a decorator showhouse fundraiser for Susan G. Komen
For the Cure
2005 – 2010 Design instructor at The New School
PUBLICITY
Paradise Valley Lifestyle
International Property & Travel
House Beautiful
NY Times
Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
Daily News
New York Post
Time-Out NY
New York Spaces
New York Living
CBS TV
LXTV: Open-House New York
Phoenix Home & Garden
Bergen Health & Life
201 Magazine
Arizona Foothills
Camelback Magazine

2. Fire Furnishings International
Staten Island Advance
Design Intuit.com
AVA Living.com
Traditional Home
NY Social Diary
HGTV
Moments of Luxury – with Bill Stubbs
(fall 2009)
Cruise Gourmet Magazine
Fox News.com
Homes by Design
HOUZZ.com
Design Trade Magazine
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
1971 – 1998 New York and National Theatre accreditations (Resume upon request)
1983 – 2012 Fund-raising Chairperson for:
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Cabrini Medical Center
God’s Love We Deliver
The March of Dimes
Meals on Wheels
Northern lights
Phoenix Productions
Starlight Foundation
The Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club
Summer Theatre of New Canaan (STONC)
1985 – 1987 Member of the Lennox Hill Neighborhood Association
1997 Event Designer: March of Dimes Gourmet Gala, Phoenix AZ
1998 Featured designer: The Madam C. J. Walker Designer Show House: A Music Salon for
Vanessa Williams
Interviewed by Judy Kohn on HGTV at the Madam C. J. Walker Show House
1999 - Present Board of Directors: The Designers Lighting Forum (DLF)
2000 Featured designer: 2000 Hudson River Designer Show House, The Dining Room
The Dining Room featured on HGTV with Chris Madden
2001 Featured designer, cover: Phoenix Home & Garden, February 2001
Featured designer: 2001 Abigail Adams Show House for the Colonial Dames of America
2002 Winner of 4 First Place Awards by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
- First Place for a Residence Over 3,000 s.f.
- First Place for Product Design
- First Place for a Special Function Room
- Designers’ Choice Award for Best Designer
2003 Featured Designer: 2003 Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse: “Cabin 17”
Winner of 2 First Place Awards by IIDA
- First Place Residential Single Space
- Designers’ Choice Award for Best Designer
2004 Winner of 2 Design Awards by IIDA
- Second Place for Residential Single Space
- Merit award for Residential Single Space
2005 Featured Designer: The Designer Showhouse of New Jersey: “The Sitting Room”
Chairman and Inventor of the first-ever Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Dinner Dance Summer Cruise
2006 Featured Designer: 2006 Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse: “Buonanotte”(a romantic bedroom)
Chairman of the 2nd Annual Kips Bay Dinner-Dance Summer Cruise
Winner of a Presidential Design Award by IIDA
2007 Featured Designer: Stately Homes by the Sea Showhouse: “The Conservatory”
Chairman of the 3rd Annual Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Dinner Dance Summer Cruise
Chairman of the ASID/BCEFA On Broadway Signature Auction

3. Guest Speaker in the D&D Tuesday Seminar Series
2008 Commissioned to redesign and refurbish The Apthorp at 2211 Broadway in New York City. Participation
included the restoration and renovation of the apartments, lobbies, public foyers and the lighting of the
Courtyard.
Featured Designer: Holiday House for Susan G. Komen for the Cure: The Thanksgiving Dining Room
Hosted a Celebrity Dinner to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the Dining Room
Chairman of the 4th Annual Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Dinner Dance Summer Cruise
Nominated to the board of Trustees of The Summer Theater of New Canaan
Guest speaker at the D&D Tuesday Programs with a presentation on Color
2009
Chairman of An Evening with Broadway Legend Tommy Tune for the Summer Theater of New Canaan
Chairman of the 5th Annual Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Dinner Dance Summer Cruise
Featured Designer: 37th Annual Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Showhouse: The Lounge
2010 2010 INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: IFDA Circle of Excellence Award Recipient
Chairman and inventor of Spring Awakening: A Broadway-Inspired Tabletop Show at Le Beau Chateau to benefit the
Summer Theatre of New Canaan
Designer tabletop for Spring Awakening: “A Little Night Music”
Appointed to the Advisory Board of The New York School of Interior Design, nominated by Dr.
Christopher J. Cypers, President
Winner of 2 Awards by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
- Award of Merit, Residential Single Space, “The Pavarini Thanksgiving” for Holiday House 2008
- Design Excellence Award, “The Lounge” for Kips Bay Showhouse 2009
2011 Awarded Chairman of the Designer Committee for the prestigious Kips Bay Designer Showhouse
Featured Designer and Honorary Chairman: Holiday House for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Set designer for 2 Off-Broadway Musicals, “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” and “Carousel”
2012 Featured Designer: 40th Anniversary Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse: “Black, White and RED All Over”
Critically Acclaimed Set designer for 2 Off-Broadway Musicals, “My Fair Lady” and “Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat”
2013 Recipient 2013-14 International Property Award: Best Interior Design for the Americas
2014 Recipient 2014 A.S.I.D. Design Specialty Award for Falling Sticks Architectural Lighting
Lucas Place Lofts, Kansas-City, MO
Interior Design Best of the Year (BOYA) Award for Falling Sticks
2015 Recipient 2015 LUMEN Award by the Illuminating Engineering Society for Falling Sticks
Recipient I.E.S. Award of Merit for Falling Sticks
Recipient of a Capstone Award for Adaptive Re-Use for Lucas Place Lofts, Kansas City, MO