Education
University of California, Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley.
Romanoff was a student at the University of California, Berkeley during the 1960s. After graduation, he traveled to North Africa and Paris, where employment at the couture houses spurred his interest in textile design. The influence of Woodstock led to Romanoff producing fabrics that brought the technique of tie-dye into the realm of couture.
He died on January 15, 2014, aged 72.
The Maya Romanoff Corporation was established in 1969 and now has more than 60 employees. lieutenant is based in Skokie, Illinois.
Romanoff received many awards, including the ICON of Industry Scholarship Award, presented in honor of his lifetime achievements in November 2006 by NEWH, Incorporated., the Hospitality Industry Network. Other prestigious awards include House & Garden’s Designers’ Best, The International Furnishings and Design Association’s Trailblazer Award, Hospitality Design’s Best of Show in Hong Kong, Las Vegas and Miami, commissions for one of a kind artworks with Dizine for the Saint Louis Contemporary Art Museum & Puerto Rican Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Home"s Top 100 Designs, NEOCON’s Best of Show, and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair’s Editor’s Award.