Faces of Design: Sharlee Van Tine

by | Oct 2024 | AWARDS & PRESS

Philadelphia Style’s 2024 Faces of Design

Modern Luxury Spotlight

Sharlee K. Van Tine of TONO Group, a multidisciplinary family of design and construction companies, has had a passion for design since she was a child. “My family always said that I was the only child that knew what career they wanted at age 8, and accomplished it,” says Sharlee. “From designing my Barbie houses to brainstorming with my father on which house fit the lot he just purchased, there was always curiosity.” Sharlee started her formal exploration of design and the arts in high school and then continued that exploration in college, receiving her BFA in Interior Design from James Madison University and her Master of Architecture from Virginia Tech.

As a designer, Sharlee feels that a project should be about the client’s vision, a value reflected in TONO’s tailored and integrated project delivery process for commercial and residential clients. “The projects I seek out are ones where there’s a conversation,” she says. “As a designer and architect, if the project is about me, then half the process is lost. Our goal as designers is providing a finished product that the client raves about to all their friends and family.”

TONO Group’s Sharlee Van Tine

Sharlee and her team maintain a clear mission to create meaningful places and improve the quality of the built environment. “Great designers have to not only have a good sense of space, proportion and function, but also need to be able to tie the space together with color, trends and moments of joy,” she says. “The details matter and that’s why design is more than selecting a color palette.”

Among other projects this year, Sharlee completed a prime dining experience in Mount Laurel – “the feel of the restaurant upon entering is remarkable, as it expresses the client’s vision of California inspired ambiance and luxurious hospitality.” She is looking forward to new product rollouts and technology updates that will inspire the next wave of projects. “Design innovation always motivates the team to incorporate and seek innovative solutions.”

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