In the Media
Over nearly three decades, my work has been published in design magazines in the United States and Latin America. Here are some of the moments I am most proud of.
Featured Publications
A career celebrated across leading design publications
Florida Design · DECASA · Casa & Estilo Internacional · Happenings Magazine
El Placer de Cocinar
Casa & Estilo Internacional
The Pleasure of Cooking — a two-page spread featuring the SCIC Italian kitchen showroom in the Miami Design District, designed in partnership with Eduardo Pinto. Written by Lidia Sanchez Amores, this feature highlighted Marta’s passion for uniting culinary culture with refined European cabinetry.
Designed With You in Mind
Happenings Magazine · Miami / South Beach / Aventura
A Winter 2002/03 feature profiling Marta Cecilia Design Group and their showroom at Piccadilly Garden courtyard. The article showcased the firm’s full-service approach to residential and commercial design, along with their European kitchen distribution partnership with SCIC.
Cover Features
Florida Design · Casa & Estilo Internacional
Multiple cover features across premier design publications. Florida Design’s Special Showhouse Issue (Vol. 11, No. 3) and Casa & Estilo Internacional’s “Un Refugio Personal” — A Personal Refuge — alongside the “Design” Vol III biography feature documenting Marta’s career and design philosophy.
Verano con Estilo
Real Estate HOY · June 2005
Summer with Style — a bylined column written by Marta Cecilia in her role as President of the IFDA Florida Chapter. This Spanish-language feature drew from her childhood summers in Cartagena, Colombia, weaving personal memories into guidance on seasonal design and entertaining.
Press Features
Publications en Español
Ambiente de Hogar
A feature on the restoration of a historic El Dorado Hills, California home, brought back to life with the spirit of Colombia. Photography by Rey Quesada, text by Iralis Salazar. August 2003.
Casa & Estilo Internacional
En Busca de la Belleza
In Search of Beauty — the Gottlieb residence feature. Published alongside a lighting design guide and the Casa y Estilo Design Book.
Florida Design Magazine
Special Showhouse Issue
Featured in Volume 11, Number 3 — the annual designer showhouse showcase highlighting top Florida interior design talent.
Casa & Estilo Internacional
Un Refugio Personal
A Personal Refuge — cover feature in one of Latin America’s most respected design magazines. The feature covered a residential project that blended Colombian warmth with contemporary sophistication.
DeCasa Magazine
Taming the Light to Achieve Magic and Harmony
One of four top South Florida designers profiled in this in-depth lighting feature. Also featured for the SCIC Italian kitchen showroom in the Miami Design District. DECASA N.25, February 2002.
Casa & Estilo Internacional · Design Vol III
Marta Cecilia Rodriguez
A full two-page English and Spanish biography in the Design Vol III edition. Documenting her degrees in Interior Design and Communications, her leadership as IFDA Florida Chapter President, and work spanning residential homes, luxury hotels, clinics, and corporate offices.
Real Estate HOY
Verano con Estilo
A bylined column — Summer with Style — written by Marta Cecilia in her role as IFDA President. Published June 2005.
Miami New Times
Beautiful Minds
A profile piece celebrating Miami’s most creative design minds. Also featured in Florida Architecture and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
Also Featured In
Sun-Sentinel
Happenings Magazine
Design III Book
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Why This Matters
Press is more than recognition
For private homeowners, published work is evidence — of longevity, taste, and professional credibility. It means trusting your home to a designer whose eye has been recognized by the editors who define this field, across nearly three decades and six continents.
