Introducing Ron Dayan, MBID

From a relatively young age, Ron Dayan knew that he was destined to make a mark on the interior design profession. At 16, on a trip through Europe with a group of fun-seeking friends, he was fascinated with Roman architecture, the grand interiors of Florence , and was admired the majestic Vatican . A year later, he helped his parents design a Mediterranean Villa, much to the surprise of the architect. Dayan’s professional success started with education at The Polytechnic of Northern London, a highly reputable college where he graduated with honors.

But education in itself would not suffice for the aspiring designer, who was seeking to see and feel in person, the world’s best architecture and décor first-hand, than learn about it from library books and magazines. Energized with the great desire to learn, he secured employment with the airlines at the age of 21, traveling the globe, absorbing the grandeur buildings. While in Amsterdam ’s Rijks museum, he studied the works of 2 of the world’s greatest artists: Van Gogh and Rembrandt, and many other master creations were absorb in France at the Musee du Louvre, Paris.

Following the airlines career, Dayan arrived in the US in Mid-1979 to settle in Los Angeles . But the knowledge-hungry chap did not rest upon his formidable European credentials, and enrolled at Woodbury University : "I did not adopt a superior European attitude, but accepted the American growing pains, and climbed up the ranks gradually." While in school, Dayan worked for a Los Angeles architectural firm, and then changed jobs to an area closer and more special to him: Interior Design and Decorating. But the disciplined young man did not rush into independently practicing his favorite trade, but proceeded, and in an orderly fashion, to seek jobs with companies that offered all services related to the design and remodeling field.

Armed with extensive knowledge, experience, and the desire to succeed, Dayan established his own interior design company in January of 1984, and proudly named it: Piccadilly Designs.

Success was already shining upon him 5 short years later, when he was called to appear with client and Motown’s singer/songwriter: Smokey Robinson in "People" magazine. A year later, Dayan received his first national recognition on Lifestyles of The Rich & Famous appearing with an expressly appreciative Robinson. Other national television shows that soon followed included Good Morning America and Style on CNN with Else Klensch.

Some of Dayan's clients call him: "The Sherlock Holmes of Interior Designers" because of his unique intuition and ability to read their minds and capture just the right settings for them. "I actually use Holmes' methods of detection in my design process, to discover what the client would love to be surrounded by, and need now, and years from now. I often do this without even asking the client any questions, simply observing, listening, and being in tune with their signals."

Many magazines, from the US and Europe and Latin America have been featuring Dayan’s work, which he never labels with own insignia, he insists. "I am not here to impose my preference upon the client, as some other designers do. I succeed in exposing my clients to the right ‘menu’ which best suits them, compliments the architecture, while respecting the budget I was given to work with."- He explains.

The future for Ron Dayan and Piccadilly Designs is bright and promising; the firm is awarded new residential and commercial projects, and Dayan is expanding Piccadilly Designs’ services across the US, and beyond. He is also planning to launch The Ron Dayan Collection of Estate Homes. A complete turnkey of European styled estates, which he keeps secretly, for the moment, where Dayan will transform bare acres of desert sand with his vision. When Dayan hands the keys to the lucky buyers, it will also include a first-class trip to a European destination.  "Everything but the toothbrush," he insists.