After attending BDNY and Salon Art + Design in New York this past weekend, please find a handful of Alessandro’s top picks. I have broken them down in 2 categories:
Feasible – These suppliers and materials are capable of being used in our projects and dealt with successfully. They have contract environments in mind when manufacturing.
Inspirational – These suppliers, materials and galleries can be used in specific environments but the purpose of these picks is to give you creative inspiration in your projects.
FEASIBLE
Crafted by master engineers, artisans and top-of-the-line manufacturers, Poggesi umbrellas are designed with 100% acrylic weather-resistant awning grade canvas, aluminium powder coated structure, and stainless-steel cables and bolts to ensure a lifetime of durability. All styles within the catalogue are totally customizable and the standard sizes range from 13 – 26 feet. Great for our hospitality projects!
reSAWN Timber provides shou sugi ban, new and reclaimed wood products for architectural specifications for exterior applications-such as cladding & decking-and interior applications-such as flooring, wall and ceiling cladding, millwork, stairs and furniture.
Specifically impressive was a matte polyurethane finish on an engineered wood flooring product. Beautifully matte with a great touch.
Marc Phillips decorative rugs is a leading innovator and manufacturer of outstanding hand-made rugs. The carpets are woven with amazing colour combinations and designs, experimental with new textures utilizing wool, silk and other natural fibres. Highly customizable and produced to be installed in hospitality environments.
INSPIRATIONAL
Established in 1998, Sarah Myerscough Gallery promotes formal and aesthetic innovations within the contemporary visual arts by breaking boundaries between fine art, craft, design and architecture.
Since 2000, Todd Merrill Studio has been renowned for its glamorous and electric mix of twentieth-century furniture and lighting. Although the Studio Contemporary program presents a diverse group of artistic styles and media, the artists all share an underlying drive to push the materials that comprise their works to their absolute aesthetic limits. Their dynamic, unique and frequently groundbreaking works contribute to today’s increasingly relevant grey space between art and design.
Established in 2007 by Benda and the veteran art dealer Barry Friedman, together with founding partner Jennifer Olshin, the Chelsea-based gallery has dedicated itself from the get-go to giving arts and designers a platform. The gallery focuses solely on design-art and has a emphasis on emerging designers.
