Collection by Jordan Kushins
NY Design Week 2011: Day One
NoHo is oh-so-hip, with lots of design happenings to check out this week. If you're in New York, a trip to Great Jones Street is a damn good bet. From The Future Perfect to Sight Unseen's pop-up shop to the American Design Club's Use Me exhibit (and more!), there's lots of great stuff to see. Click through to the slideshow to see a few of our favorite things.
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Just a few doors down Sight Unseen took over a building that was vacant until just about a week ago. Here's a selection from the McMasterpieces exhibition (on the second floor), curated by the site's lovely founders, Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov. The duo invited designers to create new work using materials from industrial supplier McMaster-Carr, including (from left to right): Crane Lamp by Jonas Damon; Basket, Trivet, and Tote by Alissa MT; Mesh Bowls by Henry Julier; Oil Lamps by Karl Zahn; Chess Set by Bec Brittain; Smolten Mirror by CMMNWLTH; Golden Variation Vase by Jonah Takagi; Necklace by Ross Menuez; Jewelry by Nick Dine.
Warcraft, a very cool collection by Uhuru Design, has an amazing back story. Bil Hilgendorf, one of the founders of the Brooklyn-based company, explained that the teak used was all reclaimed from the decks of the USS North Carolina, a ship which served in WWII, with forms inspired by various parts of the vessel. The side tables are the diameter and thickness of the gun barrels, and the mirrors in the back are the size of the projectiles fired. Apparently it took 88 men to maneuver each turret! The table looks like something out of a certain Tom Petty video, but is actually a prime example of dazzle camouflage, which was used to confuse the eye of the enemy. The chair behind is in the color scheme of Measure 32, which Bill said was the kind of camo used after Dazzle.