VANILLA HONEY (she/they) is a Queer, Kinky, Korean-American Architectural Designer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Her design work investigates the intersections of eroticism, subculture, and belonging, and their relationships to space both in the built environment and in realities that exist without the margins. Whether theoretical or material, they believe that striving for utopia will bring us closer to it. Her approach centers the possibilities for queer futures, perverts the everyday, and reimagines design models rooted in consent protocols with a resistance to normativity.

VH earned a Bachelors Degree in Architecture with a Minor in Women and Gender Studies. They worked at 12 different architecture and design firms throughout her career in NYC/NYS. Their experience ranges from interior design, urban planning, and contracting, to restoration and interactive installation. She currently works at an architecture firm where she’s been for 4.5 years and is on the path to licensure.

Photo Credit: Lanee Bird