House Beautiful Names Ann-Marie (Henry) Myers '89 One of America's Top Young Interior Designers

September 29, 2003

September 29, 2003, Greencastle, Ind. - "In decorating, pedigree can be just as important as a degree, so when Ann-Marie [Henry] Myers, as a senior at DePauw University, discovered that the legendary Mark Hampton was an alumnus, she seized upon the coincidence to get her foot in the door at his venerable firm," writes House Beautiful magazine, as it names Myers, a 1989 graduate of DePauw, as one of America's top 25 young interior designers. Myers, who lives and works in New York City, credits a prominent DePauw alumnus with helping her secure a Winter Term internship that led to her eventual career. She is profiled in the magazine's September issue.

Myers, who was an art history major at DePauw, explains, "I read in a magazine that Mark Hampton had graduated from DePauw [in 1962], so I faxed him a résumé and asked him for a Winter Term internship. I think the only reason he may have taken me is that I was from DePauw. When I graduated I asked for a job, and he gave it to me." Myers worked eight years for Hampton, the renowned interior decorator whose commissions included the White House and Blair House in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She was Hampton's head designer for the last four of those years.

In 1997 she opened her own company, Ann-Marie Myers Interior Design, located in Manhattan. She focuses on residential design, and her clients are primarily younger people with families who live in New York City as well as around the country. House Beautiful reports in the story that Myers has become so busy that she is "turning down work."

Of its top 25 young designers, House Beautiful states, "They're young, smart, and not afraid to break the rules… But they've developed their own, new styles that have already set them apart from their peers."

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