Sarita Posada

Owner and Designer at Sarita Posada Interiors New York, NY

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Fujio Emura

Sarita Posada

Sarita Posada is an interior designer whose work is defined by a thoughtful balance of history, materiality, and modern restraint. Through Sarita Posada Interiors, the New-York based design studio she co-leads, she creates immersive worlds internationally for hospitality, retail and residential spaces that feel deeply considered yet effortlessly lived in.

We sat down with Sarita to talk about the elements that give a space its soul, the value of designing for real life, and how a global perspective continues to shape her approach to interiors. Rooted in a reverence for historical design and an instinct for atmosphere, proportion and detail, her work reflects a belief that the most enduring spaces are those with a strong sense of identity. Ossou is something she reaches for in much the same way—pieces that move seamlessly through the day, combining utility with refinement and expressing an understated confidence that feels both personal and timeless.

Sarita is wearing the Sierra Tank in Bone
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OSSOU: As someone who spends her days shaping interiors, how do you edit and refine your own space?

Sarita Posada: Funnily enough it’s sort of the last thing I want to feel designed and is more a reflection and things my partner and I (and our dog!) love and really live with.


O: What are the fundamental elements of a room?

SP: Light, balance, and honesty to context.

O: What do you think people are searching for in interiors today?

SP: Evidence of life! Not so much a look you can screenshot and easily duplicate, but more so spaces that feels lived in rather than installed.

O: What separates a design trend from a true shift in how people want to live?

SP: I think trends tend to ask us to buy into something (literally) and create the need to ‘keep up’ rather than develop or evolve our own instincts. Looking outward vs looking inward.


O: What makes a space memorable?

SP: Tension, surprises, highs next to lows, things that are ‘correct’ next to things that are ‘not correct.’

Sarita wears the Haze Shirt in Milk
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O: Where do you find inspiration?

SP: Artists, musicians, filmmakers who approach their work separately from whatever's currently in the water, and who trust their own instincts enough to work against the grain of their moment. With music, I find myself moving across decades and genres listening for a specific feeling I want a room to carry, and sometimes will use that as a starting point in my process. The influence isn't stylistic so much as taking note from committing to a point of view or end point and letting the rest follow.


O: Is there a piece of advice that continues to shape how you work?

SP: It’s always better to be the worst person in the room than the best (related to your own personal craft)

O: What pieces make the bones of your wardrobe?

SP: However cliche, a great white shirt, good denim, and a coat and shoes that do the heavy lifting.

O: These jeans are your uniform for what kind of day?

SP: Studio days and on-site walk-through, the days I need to move and not think about what I'm wearing but still want to feel put together.


O: What's usually in your back pocket?

SP: My headphones! I pretty much always have music on when I can.

O: What makes denim endure when so many other things come and go?

SP: Function, comfort, and versatility.

O: What makes this pair feel like your pair?

SP: That I can wear them into the ground and the longer I do the better they’ll get.

Sarita wears wears the Rider Jean in Cloud Wash
Sarita wears wears the Rider Jean in Cloud Wash Shop Now →
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