Jacob Laws Bio

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Raised in Saint Louis, Jacob Laws was always bewitched by beautiful things and was driven by his creativity. So, it came as no surprise when he began drawing on the walls at an early age. Like most reasonable adults, Laws’ parents should have disciplined him for this, however, they realized it was more than scribbling: he was creating. Recognizing he had talent, they frequently exposed to him all forms of art.

For a time Laws moved in a musically inclined direction, but he never strayed far from a sketchpad. He performed in summer-stock productions at the Saint Louis MUNY while simultaneously enrolled in art classes at the Saint Louis Art Museum. His interest in design covered a wide spectrum, ever expanding his knowledge of art and form. After graduating and spending a summer in London, which fueled his passion for design, Laws enrolled at Columbia College to study art with a focus in art history. He then accepted an administrative internship at Talent Plus/Centro Models. There Laws was introduced to the fashion industry from an insider’s point of view, working closely with agents, photographers, and clients. Eventually Laws joined the creative team at Splash, a boutique popular among the city’s fashionistas and visiting celebs. There he became the Creative Visual Director, in charge of the company’s merchandising and advertising.

Laws was introduced to a handful of independent designers whose lines were carried, and his interest in designing his own label began to grow. Forming local alliances led to broader connections within the industry. Laws took advantage of opportunities within the local media to influence Saint Louis style. The venture turned into a well-received T-shirt line, FABRIk jacob laws, that sold in six boutiques in Saint Louis alone. Laws has imparted his knowledge of style, fashion, and design in a variety of mediums. In 2006 he was signed by Talent Plus/Centro Models as a multimedia stylist, generating more opportunity and involvement within the industry. He has styled and created fashion layouts in recognized publications, lent style advice to various columns for publication, hosted “The Jacob Laws of Fashion” style segment on KTVI Fox 2 and holds the title of Contributing Men’s Fashion Editor at ALIVE Magazine.

Laws’ style prowess isn’t contained and focused on one medium. However, with an understanding that his past experience in the arts has brought him to where he is now in his career, his passion has been realized and he has found his niche within the creative world as Senior Designer with CURE Design Group, a firm he co-founded with his business partner after their meeting at a previous design studio where they were colleagues. Previous to his professional involvement within the interior design industry, Laws cultivated his well-honed style savvy by utilizing friend’s, family’s and his own spaces as laboratories for his own particular brand of easy glamour. Laws’ designs are classic with a modern edge and clean-cut with impossibly sophisticated style. The juxtaposition of old and new, traditional and contemporary create visual interest and contribute to creating a refined, collected aesthetic. His inspiration gained from art, travel, fashion, culture, and history influence his passion for creating spaces that are stylish and have a distinctive point of view. His designs transcend trends and create living environments that work with the dynamics of a contemporary lifestyle. His goal is to create aesthetically beautiful, innovative and functional living spaces by imparting his personal style and utilizing his creative instincts. Ensuring truly dynamic results that translate into simply good design is his direct intention. All of these factors have contributed to recognition within and outside of the industry for his work, having multiple projects published and winning two Architect and Designer Awards in 2010.

Having completed many local designs, Laws has also worked on such diverse projects as historic twin row houses, a family retreat and farmhouse in the Northern Missouri countryside and an eclectic, midcentury redesign of a downtown loft. He is currently consulting for a complete renovation of a Ladue estate, and a couple’s country home in St. Clement, Missouri. Laws also lends his time to organizations such as Food Outreach and Promo.