Daniel Moyer at Brooklyn Designs
Taxis and voucher cabs will wait three deep in front of the Jacob Javits convention center when the International Contemporary Furniture Fair opens next Saturday. By contrast, Brooklyn Designs, the low-key preamble ending today, is more of a strollers and skateboards affair.
In fact, one Brooklyn designer has managed to make skateboards part of his repertoire. Daniel Moyer scavenges hardwood from discarded decks on Fire Island and fashions it into offbeat furniture, like the Sedan Armoire shown here. “It’s a little Judy Jetson,” he says, “and a little Japanese.”
Moyer’s workshop is at the top of a hill in the Greenpoint neighborhood. In the evenings, he rides a public bus down the hill to the subway stop. “I kept missing the bus,” he said, “so I made a skateboard for the downhill ride.”
Today Moyer makes a line of long, tapered skateboards—as much sculpture as conveyance—from the hardwood scraps in his shop, and sells them for $495 a piece. “It’s haute couture transportation,” he said.
In fact, one Brooklyn designer has managed to make skateboards part of his repertoire. Daniel Moyer scavenges hardwood from discarded decks on Fire Island and fashions it into offbeat furniture, like the Sedan Armoire shown here. “It’s a little Judy Jetson,” he says, “and a little Japanese.”
Moyer’s workshop is at the top of a hill in the Greenpoint neighborhood. In the evenings, he rides a public bus down the hill to the subway stop. “I kept missing the bus,” he said, “so I made a skateboard for the downhill ride.”
Today Moyer makes a line of long, tapered skateboards—as much sculpture as conveyance—from the hardwood scraps in his shop, and sells them for $495 a piece. “It’s haute couture transportation,” he said.
Posted by: Michael Cannell on May 13, 07 at 10:51 AM PDT
