Michaela Carpenter
Michaela Carpenter is a multidisciplinary creative director, curator, and experience designer weaving worlds that connect beauty, memory, and meaning.

Hudson Valley, NY / Aspen, Colorado


MOLLIE Aspen
Dreamweaver: Experience Design, Hospitality, Retail
A living brand ecosystem blending design, storytelling, and hospitality. Curated sensory experiences across events, retail, and brand activations that shaped MOLLIE into Aspen’s cultural and social heartbeat.

✻ Michelin Key 2024, 2025


Aspen, CO

Interior Design
Residential + Commercial
Focused on transformation through intention. Small-scale renovations and conversions that reimagine existing spaces, elevating form, function, and long-term value through refined, strategic design.

・ River House / Aspen, CO
・ Miner’s Trail/  Aspen, CO
・ Historical Taos Inn / Taos, NM
・ Wooden Deer Hill / Carbondale, CO
・ Lift1 / Aspen, CO
・ Maker and Place / Aspen, CO
・ Here House / Aspen, CO
・ Local Coffee House / Aspen, CO



Here House + Local Coffee House
Co-founder, Operator
Concepted and launched a world-class social club grounded in connection and creative exchange. Built from the belief that space, when designed with intention, can cultivate community and belonging.

・ 300 Private Members
・ 200 annual events
・ 50+ global club partners


Local Coffee House
Co-founder, Operator

Adjacent to Here House - a craft forward coffee shop serving breakfast and lunch beloved by locals and visitors alike. Named Aspen‘s Best Coffee Shop for 6 consecutive years. 
Aspen, CO

Sotheby’s Auction House
Curator: Contemporary Objects Online
Sotheby’s first retail collaboration bridging craft and commerce. Curated a collection of global contemporary makers that reframed collectible design for a new generation of buyers.

New York City, NY


Maker and Place
Founder, Operator, Buyer
An early-adoption concept design store and live studio hybrid showcasing contemporary craft. Pioneered a retail model where process and product coexist, bringing the maker’s hand into the public eye.

Aspen, CO

Feral Magazine
Founder, Creative Director
An image-forward print publication exploring the creative psyche. An archival portrait of working artists in London. Raw, reflective, and unfiltered - capturing the pulse of making in its most human form.


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