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MADISON SQUARE PARK
NEW YORK, NY
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Channeling the punctuated palette and lush textures of a 1910 Henri Rousseau painting
hanging in MoMA just a short walk away, a 47th-story Manhattan pied-à-terre flaunts its own collection of captivating art in an eclectic setting with enviable views.
One pill makes you larger...
For this bachelor pad set in the shadow of the
Empire State Building, we pitched a surrealist
fantasy with fetishistic inclinations, futuristic
silhouettes, and full-throttle color —
our very adult take on the classic Lewis Carroll
children's novel.
One pill makes you larger...
For this bachelor pad set in the shadow of the
Empire State Building, we pitched a surrealist
fantasy with fetishistic inclinations, futuristic
silhouettes, and full-throttle color —
our very adult take on the classic Lewis Carroll
children's novel.
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Imagine Alice fell down that rabbit hole to find Tom of Finland and Salvador Dali as guests at the Mad Hatter's after-hours tea party.
Amongst curious furniture and psychedelic works of art, we created a gauzy, cocooning effect and upended traditionally feminine associations of light purple by swathing the walls and ceilings of this apartment in its calibrated hues. Amanda Church's swirling, technicolor oil painting pairs with a Roger Herman vessel in the dining nook, where a bouquet of candlesticks seemingly plucked from a Dr. Suess landscape perches on a custom terrazzo-topped table.
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The living room's hero, a channel-tufted purple velvet sectional, was designed to fit the room's odd proportions precisely.
Above an idiosyncratic composition of lounge furnishings, a suggestively bulbous inverted domed wire net chandelier by Rick Tegelaar — the very first of its design shipped to the US — hangs from ice-rink slick high-gloss ceilings.
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I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE HOW TO FURNISH MY APARTMENT OR EVEN LAY IT OUT. IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, MARC BRILLIANTLY BLOCKED THE WHOLE SPACE AND ASSEMBLED PRECISELY THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS TO TURN MY BLANK, AWKWARD APARTMENT INTO A TRUE SHOWPIECE.
Preserving the home's original hardwood floors, we designed precisely matched, inset wainscoting to create architectural intent.
A custom illuminated headboard and zig-zagging desk-and-dresser system emerge from the wall to gently prompt movement through the space. In lieu of freestanding night tables, space-saving, razor-thin bronze fins wrap the bedside corners as shelving. We designed the latex-upholstered platform bed with a low storage cabinet for the client's massage table along with the wardrobe system to occupy a formerly unusable niche. And for a crowning touch: custom, color-matched perforated aluminum valances to veil motorized blackout shades.
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PROJECT DETAILS
• Invigorate apartment with moxie and color to mitigate sterile environment
• Elegantly resolve awkward layout and furniture locations
• Maximize storage in the primary bedroom
• Create a comfortable work-from-home space
Tensions of hard and soft, sinuous and sharp, rational and psychedelic are explored in the bachelor pad of a publishing creative director. Inspired by the Surrealist masters and subversive 1950s homoerotic iconography, we also drew from the vibrancy and spirited pattern captured in the client's wardrobe. Sensual materials of latex, faux fur, velvet, chain mail and gloss lacquer were curated to transform this former white box into a cheeky wonderland.
This new construction corner unit came with high-end appliances, modern finishes, and windows on two elevations which visually connected opposite ends of the apartment. But an irregular layout made any standard furniture plan impossible, leaving our client to cobble together a temporary fix of mismatched dressers, lamps and miscellaneous furnishings. We devised a solution to capitalize on 'dead zones' using custom millwork to architecturally integrate living, working, and sleeping functions while providing ample storage opportunities.
Design: 8 weeks
Implementation & Construction: 15 months
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