Interior Design Portfolio · 2026
Interior designer crafting layered, world-inspired spaces — from a five-zone student hub in Cambridge to a harbor of refuge for Boston's youth.
Spaces shaped by a lifetime around art — and by journeys through twenty-plus destinations — layered with color, texture, and intention.
The daughter of a photographer and fine-art gallery owner, Maral grew up surrounded by art and design. At Suffolk University she turned that instinct into a discipline: spatial planning, materiality, and renderings that move from concept board to construction document.
Her work spans thesis, residential, commercial, and product design — always grounded in how people actually gather, study, rest, and heal inside a space.
Select any project to step inside — full galleries of renders, floor plans, material boards, and models. Use the views toggle inside each project to switch between renders and plans.
Thesis · Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
48 Brattle St · Cambridge, MA
A curated one-stop student hub celebrating the power in numbers of the Boston student community — speakeasy, thrift store, exhibition space, study spaces, lounges, and a healthy eatery under one roof.
Residential · Spring 2025
2 H St · Boston, MA
An affordable one-bedroom designed end-to-end — spatial planning, construction documents, and FF&E — for a young finance professional working from home.
Commercial · Spring 2026
1767 Washington St · Roxbury, MA
A homeless shelter for unhoused Boston youth, designed around the harbor as metaphor — the safe place where land meets sea, and damage from the sea can heal.
Product Design · Fall 2024
An ergonomically sound laptop stand designed from measured data — her own seated eyelines against standard desk and chair heights — then built in plywood on the laser cutter.
The Harbor Homeless Shelter stacks its whole world in one section: the welcome lobby and café at street level, lounges and counseling above, dining mid-building, and sleeping spaces rising to the top — public life at the water's edge, privacy in the calm behind it.
“A harbor is a safe, supported area that the harms of the sea cannot directly endanger — where any damage experienced out at sea can be healed.”
Every level of the cutaway was modeled and rendered by Maral in Revit, SketchUp, and Enscape. Drag your cursor across the model to tilt it.
Maral Zobian is a creative individual who earned her BFA in Interior Design from Boston's Suffolk University in May 2026.
As the daughter of a photographer and fine-art gallery owner, Maral has been surrounded by art and design her whole life — it was to no one's surprise when she pursued her passion for interiors through her studies.
Throughout her studio work at Suffolk and her global travels, she remains open to inspiration in all mediums, blending a cultural, worldly design expertise with a keen eye for layering colors and textures to create beautiful, inspiring spaces.
Beyond the studio, she served as Vice President of the Suffolk Armenian Student Association, is a member of the Suffolk Interior Design Organization and the Future Investors in Real Estate Club, and is a member and junior advisor with the Armenian Youth Federation. She is an avid traveler, a distance runner, a health and wellness enthusiast, and an aspiring content creator.
BFA in Interior Design · 2022 – 2026
From a luxury Lake Austin install to procurement in Providence and an AD100 material library in Las Vegas.
Assisted with the week-long installation of a luxury 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath residential remodel on Lake Austin — styling interiors through furniture placement, accessorizing, and final detailing; organizing client belongings, installing furnishings, creating floral arrangements, and preparing the home for its client reveal.
Installed & styled — the living room of a Lake Austin residence, completed with Clarkee Design, July 2026.
Photo from Maral's @zobiandesign post of July 18, 2026.
Interned at a woman-owned residential firm, learning the design process from consultation to install — sourcing for projects, placing orders, coordinating deliveries with installs, and working deeply in the procurement process.
Interned at a 2025 AD100 woman-owned luxury residential firm — sourcing from vendors, building mood boards, reorganizing the material library, and gaining tactile knowledge of interior finishes and textiles. Observed client meetings and took measurements on site visits.
As an avid traveler, Maral's experiences around the world heavily influence her design and persona — the souks of Marrakesh, the stone of Edinburgh, the craft of Florence, the patterns of Yerevan.
Maral is available for interior design opportunities and collaborations. The fastest way to reach her is by email — or follow her design journey on Instagram.
Find her as @maralzobian on Instagram — or connect with Maral Zobian on LinkedIn.