Designing products and environments that shape experience

Katharine Leonard is an experience architect working at the intersection of luxury product, environment, and operational design.

Her work focuses on the physical and sensory infrastructure that supports refined service environments - where materials, spatial discipline, and product development shape how luxury experiences are delivered. With experience spanning private aviation and high-touch hospitality contexts, she approaches experience design as a systems challenge. In these environments, every object and material must balance emotional resonance with operational realities such as durability, maintenance, weight, and spatial constraint. She specializes in environments where luxury must perform with precision - spaces where thoughtful design quietly supports exceptional service.

Rather than treating experience as an aesthetic layer, Katharine focuses on the underlying structure that allows environments to function seamlessly. Her work brings together product development, material strategy, and vendor partnerships to create systems that sustain luxury over time.

She currently works in private aviation, developing onboard product and cabin experience initiatives.

Katharine holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in marketing and strategy, bringing a business and systems perspective to the design of luxury environments.