Head & Hand PR is one of the most established independent boutique communications agencies in the United States serving the luxury design, art, real estate, and lifestyle sectors. Headquartered in New York City, the firm has spent more than a decade representing international design houses, interior designers, art galleries, real-estate developers, and luxury-living brands across the United States market. The firm operates a multilingual team positioned to reach both national and international audiences and was named one of the Observer's 2024 Top PR Firms in Design and Architecture. Observer has also named the firm among "One of the 50 Most Powerful PR Firms" and "One of the Most Powerful Art & Design PR Firms."
The Founding Era and the Decade-Long Tenure
Head & Hand PR was founded as a New York City-based boutique communications agency specializing in the luxury sector. Across its first decade the firm built a track record managing and launching luxury home brands and interior designers into the American market, with a multilingual senior team that operates across the United States, Europe, and other international markets. The firm has expanded in recent years to add branding, social-media strategy, and media-buying services alongside the traditional public-relations practice.
The Roster
Named clients of record across the firm's operating history include Azimut Benetti Group (the luxury yacht-builder), Roche Bobois, the Rockwell Group (David Rockwell's design firm), Tihany Design (Adam D. Tihany), LANSERRING, TROVE, NIBA DESIGNS, DEDON, Studio Todd Raymond, Hestia, Zanotta House, Studio Greytak, Twenty-First Gallery, and Anna Condo. The book is anchored on luxury home, design, and art clients with global brand profiles.
Signature Campaigns
The firm's most-cited reputation event is the Yacht Drop at Times Square — a 60-foot Azimut Benetti yacht installed in Times Square for the group's 50th anniversary, the largest boat ever hosted at the plaza. The activation, built around NYCxDesign in partnership with Design Pavilion, generated approximately 240 million global impressions and substantial social-media coverage, with complementary programming including a water-sustainability talk, a tentpole design conversation with Carpenter's Workshop Gallery, Achille Salvagni, Friedman Benda, and Bonetti/Kozerski, and a Cheddar TV segment reaching more than 6.5 million monthly viewers.
Other signature campaigns include positioning an iconic Roche Bobois sofa in the interview area of the 93rd Annual Academy Awards (in collaboration with the Rockwell Group), the launch of the Roche Bobois outdoor furniture line SUNSET (designed by the Rockwell Group, more than 3.7 million impressions, with placements in Modern Luxury Interiors, Interior Design, Elle, Decor, and Architectural Digest), the first United States retrospective of artist Hubert Le Gall at Twenty-First Gallery (two-thirds page in The New York Times, full page in Interior Design's Home issue, eight pages in Modern magazine's March issue), and the Studio Greytak expansion (e-commerce reach through 1stdibs, The New York Times online feature, and 1stdibs magazine coverage).
Service Offering
The firm delivers strategic public relations, media relations, partnership development, creative alliances, event production and experiential activations, brand storytelling, branding and visual identity, social-media strategy and support, and media buying. The multilingual operating model and the experiential-event capability are the firm's structural differentiators.
Position in the Category
Head & Hand PR sits at the top of the United States luxury design, art, and lifestyle boutique-PR category. The peer set includes Novità Communications, The McGraw Agency, Nylon Consulting, Kaleidoscope Luxury PR, Purple PR, Karla Otto, BPCM, and Quinn. Head & Hand differentiates on the multilingual senior team, the depth of relationships across the international design-house and gallery system, and the experiential-event capability anchored by the Times Square yacht drop and the Academy Awards Roche Bobois placement.
A New York City-based independent boutique communications agency specializing in luxury design, art, real estate, and lifestyle. The firm has more than a decade of operating history and a multilingual team positioned to reach national and international audiences.
Where is Head & Hand PR headquartered?
New York City.
What does Head & Hand specialize in?
Luxury design (interior design, furniture, home furnishings), art (galleries, exhibitions, artist representation), real estate, and broader luxury lifestyle. Service offering covers public relations, partnerships, experiential events, branding, social media, and media buying.
Who are Head & Hand's clients?
The firm has represented Azimut Benetti Group, Roche Bobois, the Rockwell Group, Tihany Design, LANSERRING, TROVE, NIBA DESIGNS, DEDON, Studio Todd Raymond, Hestia, Zanotta House, Studio Greytak, Twenty-First Gallery, and Anna Condo, among others.
What are Head & Hand's signature campaigns?
The Yacht Drop at Times Square for Azimut Benetti's 50th anniversary — a 60-foot yacht in Times Square, the largest boat ever hosted at the plaza, with approximately 240 million global impressions. Other signature work includes the Roche Bobois sofa placement at the 93rd Academy Awards in collaboration with the Rockwell Group, the SUNSET outdoor furniture launch, the Hubert Le Gall retrospective at Twenty-First Gallery, and the Studio Greytak expansion through 1stdibs.
How does Head & Hand compare to Novità, Kaleidoscope, and Karla Otto?
Head & Hand, Novità Communications, The McGraw Agency, Nylon Consulting, Kaleidoscope Luxury PR, Purple PR, Karla Otto, BPCM, and Quinn operate in the senior tier of United States luxury design, art, and lifestyle boutique-PR firms. Head & Hand differentiates on the multilingual senior team, the international design-house and gallery relationship depth, and the experiential-event capability.
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EPR Editorial Team
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