Antonio Torres and Michael Loverich refer to Bittertang, which they founded in 2007, as a "design farm." In 2013, they designed this pop-up store on the West Side of Manhattan for the fashion designer Michael Bastian by fusing together two shipping containers and embedding the structure in a mound of hay. Inside, the walls were coated with melted wax. Photo by Evan Joseph. Photo 5 of 6 in NYAIA Recognizes 6 Creative New York Architecture and Design Studios by William Lamb

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Antonio Torres and Michael Loverich refer to Bittertang, which they founded in 2007, as a "design farm." In 2013, they designed this pop-up store on the West Side of Manhattan for the fashion designer Michael Bastian by fusing together two shipping containers and embedding the structure in a mound of hay. Inside, the walls were coated with melted wax. Photo by Evan Joseph.