Iris Zonlight
Principal & Senior Designer

Iris Zonlight was born in Holland and studied design at the Charles Montagne Academy in Amsterdam.Thereafter her passion for design and fashion took her to New York City where she designed and manufactured private label
accessories for high- end European fashion companies such as Escada, Bogner and Etienne Aigner. In 2005 Iris and her family relocated to the Hamptons, Where she moved her design studio to Southampton.
In 2012 Iris’s career shifted from designing accessories for the fashion industry to ‘’accessorizing” homes for private clients. Blue Ocean Design was created in 2012. The Blue Ocean Design team consists of a team of 4 creative women, who’s passion it is to transform their clients houses
into modern sophisticated homes. Iris loves monochromatic colors and furnishes mostly in natural hues. Think grey, white, cream and black as these colors are calming and never get boring. Important while designing a room using neutral tones is mixing up texture and materials. Color can always be added through accent pieces, accessories and art.

Deborah Srb
Cofounder

Deborah founded Blue Ocean Design with Iris and today advises and assists on special projects and supports the development of BOD.
A graduate of Syracuse University with BFA degree, Deborah formerly worked in New York City in the fashion industry and later merged those creative skills into the real estate and interior design world by virtue of many years of collaborative work with her family of real estate developers.
Deborah is also Senior Global Real Estate Advisor with Sotheby's International Realty since 1993 and thus effectively has combined this experience in order to successfully merge high end interior design and real estate.

Michelle Mocsotar
Junior Designer

Born in Manhattan, raised and educated in Hungary, Michelle studied Interior Design and Marketing-Administration at Szamalk Technical College in Budapest.

Lilielle Bucks
Design Coordinator

Swedish born Lilielle Bucks has spent her life living between Stockholm, London and New York, and has now found her forever home in the Hamptons, Sag Harbor.
She has worked for many years in the creative field of photography, and commercial and residential interior design. She draws her inspiration from her Scandinavian roots, 
and credits her world wide travel experience for giving her work a blend of sophistication and charm.

Maxine Muster
Digital Media Producer