Founded by Erika Yeaman in 2010 as a platform for collaboration with other creative minds, YES Associates has evolved into a multidisciplinary creative studio exploring the intersection of design, travel, and lifestyle.

Raised in the mountains of North Carolina, Erika developed an early appreciation for place, creativity, and the natural world. She studied psychology and business at the College of Charleston, with a minor in studio art focused on sculpture, before earning a graduate degree in Interior Architecture from Parsons The New School for Design in New York.

Her creative path has taken her from living and working in New York and London to studying jewelry design in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Her professional background includes positions at André Balazs Properties, Bauman Architecture, and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams. Together, these experiences have shaped a perspective informed by art, architecture, craftsmanship, hospitality, and culture.

Having traveled to more than 30 countries across six continents, Erika draws inspiration from the places she explores, the people she meets, and the unexpected discoveries along the way. Guided by a lifelong curiosity and a belief in the power of design and travel to transform and inspire, she brings this perspective to the spaces she creates, the journeys she curates, and the ideas and objects she shares through YES.