BODY OF WORK
ABOUT
Body of Work is a research-driven consultancy and educational resource influencing the future of environmental and experience design.
My roots are in hospitality, where we witness the most egregious flaws in spaces that are not designed around the real people who spend time in them.
My work is focused on ensuring that the built world is designed around and in service to people, because we don’t deserve to feel like square pegs in a round world.
I work with hospitality spaces, work spaces, people in their homes, and higher education to inject humanity in all spaces where people spend their time.
JULIA
SEGAL
PRINCIPAL
Julia Segal is a design researcher, consultant and educator based in Toronto, Canada. Her background is in hospitality management and design, where she has helped design over 100 spaces, including restaurants, bars, workplaces and retail stores.
Julia has worked in the Food & Beverage industry in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Milan. She is an experienced operator, design advisor, and educator. Julia has transformed food and hospitality spaces throughout her career, focusing on concept development, layouts, and space planning..
She has developed and launched over 100 employee restaurants for tech giants like Google, YouTube, and Verily. Julia opened Eataly Chicago and oversaw the daily operations of 8 kitchens and central production as well as their retail department.
With expertise advising on hospitality and work spaces of all shapes and sizes, Julia is passionate about interrogating the way we design the world around us.
She is a professor of Restaurant Design and Design Thinking at University of Guelph, University of Western Ontario and Centennial College. Julia hopes to inspire her students to think critically about food and be advocates of social change.
Throughout her career, Julia has had the pleasure to work with:
HOSPITALITY
WORKPLACE
EDUCATION
DESIGN, AGENCIES AND PLACEMAKING
