Ash
Xavier Donnelly has extensive experience in creative and design roles. Xavier is currently working as a Creative Director at Ash since 2023. Prior to that, Xavier served as the Head Of Creative & Store Design at Dig Inn from 2016 to 2021. In this role, they led brand direction, restaurant design, and developed guest experience programs. Xavier also worked as Production & Exhibition Design at David Zwirner in 2015, Production Design at Oliphant Studio from 2013 to 2015, and Production and Curatorial Assistant at Beirut Art Center in 2013.
Xavier Donnelly earned a Bachelor's Degree in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design, where they attended from 2010 to 2014. In 2013, they also briefly studied Fine/Studio Arts, General at the Academy of Art, Architecture, and Design Prague.
Ash
Ash is a hotelier that bridges the worlds of interior design and property development under one roof. To us, hotelier is simply a mindset: a way of working that envisions hospitality as an art form with infinite possibilities. With development, design, operations and branding teams, we are full-serving auteurs of holistic cinematic experiences — worlds to inhabit and escape to, equal parts imaginative and sublime. We are a team of individuals with decades of experience in hospitality, architecture, interior design, urban planning, fine arts and finance. The union of these perspectives forms the foundation of our interdisciplinary practice. Inspired by the confluence of history and innovation — we look to the past for wisdom from previous civilizations, and forward to the future with its myriad potential. Isn’t it thrilling to think about what has yet to be imagined? Visit us at Hotel Ulysses in Baltimore, Hotel Peter & Paul in New Orleans, The Siren Hotel in Detroit and The Dean in Providence.