VISION
To be a quality driven design firm in both INTERIORS and ARCHITECTURE for the hospitality, corporate, residential markets.
MISSION
We earn our clients' confidence through innovative designs and sound business decisions that are grounded in collaboration and experience. We bring dynamic design teams together to develop exceptional projects for our clients. Our attention to detail is foundational to the successful completion of our projects. Our unparalleled, respectful, knowledgeable and honest service is the prime reason our clients choose to continually do business with us.
VALUES
To continually improve our project's quality, working methods and management systems through creativity and innovation in order to ensure our continual development as a quality driven design firm and as high-calibre professionals within our fields. To express our passion as a creative design firm in both INTERIORS and ARCHITECTURE by working closely together with our Clients, designers, contractors and suppliers.
CULTURE
To create, secure and maintain a client centered management structure that is defined by our commitment to our clients and to our pursuit of quality driven designs in both INTERIORS and ARCHITECTURE. The sustainable growth of our firm is directly related to the continuing development of these client relationships with the goal of generating recurring business opportunities with our clients over the long term period.
TEAM
Elisabeth Soto D'Angelo
CEO, Founder
Allied AIA OC
Elisabeth D’Angelo is an international interior designer. Owner of ZeRae Design Inc. she established her company in 2004. She was born and raised in Downtown Los Angeles, California, Mid-City. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from the Art Institute and her Fine Arts Degree from Otis-Parsons School of Design.
Elisabeth D’Angelo got her start with Nosotros, Ricardo Montalbano Theater Group, back in the 90’s as a set designer. After being in the theater for a couple of years she took her talents and started freelancing for various television and commercials production companies as a set designer and set decorator. While in college she started her interior design company ZeRae Design Inc. where she quickly established a reputation for her signature design of elegant eclectic and unique spaces. She now sits on the Board of The California American Society of Interior Designers in Orange County, and a member of The American Institute of Architects of Orange County.
Elisabeth’s company ZeRae Design Inc. quickly grew to International status with projects as far as China, Mexico, New York, Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle Washington, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino and San Diego. She has design projects from residential, landscape, retail, and commercial. Elisabeth has been published in Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Modern Luxury Interiors of California, California Homes and has been on TV The Trend Talk and was a guest speaker at the University of Guadalajara Mexico School of Architecture and Interior Design. Elisabeth can handle any project and works alongside her contractors. She is a hard worker and very talented.