Brooklyn-based NOTHING, a collective of RISD designers founded by Caroline Kable, Peter Lokken, Hayoung Lee and Irene Wei, makes its official debut at the show. Together they combine their unique interests to create sculptural, functional, and decorative and one-of-a-kind objects that celebrate biophilia. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show Preview: Campagna
Campagna, founded by architect and cabinet maker Cody Companie, focuses on handmade, thoughtfully-designed furniture with a beautiful point of view and a nod to Donald Judd’s minimalist forms. Each piece is handmade and built from solid wood. Booth M308. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show Preview: Ot/tra
Ot/tra, founded by husband and wife team Sofia and Adam Zimmerman, draws its name from their children, Otto and Petra, who have blended right into the world of running a family business. They will be showcasing pieces from the Catenary Collection, a series inspired by Eero Saarinen’s St. Louis Arch and George Nelson’s Platform Bench. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show Preview: Durodeco
Based in New York City, durodeco is a design studio co-founded by architect Rachel Robinson and structural engineer Michael Dunham. The duo create contemporary spaces, furniture, and objects that evoke a timeless warmth. They offer interior design services, custom furniture design, and custom installations. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show Preview: Vonnegut/Kraft
Founded by Katrina Vonnegut and Brian Kraft, Vonnegut/Kraft is a New York-based design studio that creates functional, sculptural furniture with a large focus on form, materiality, and craftsmanship. Each piece is crafted by the design duo in their Sunset Park, Brooklyn workshop. Brian is a self-taught furniture designer and maker while Katrina received her B.F.A. in Furniture Design from RISD in 2009. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show Preview: Wud Furniture Design
Brooklyn-based Wüd Furniture Design focuses on creating elegant yet practical furniture that features strong, classical joinery for supreme durability and an aesthetic appeal. Founded by Corey Springer in 2002, many of the works take inspiration from Japanese design and his background in sculpture. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show Preview: AlexAllen Studio
Founded by Alexandra Burr and Allen Slamic in 2013, the Brooklyn-based AlexAllen Studio is known for their lighting designs, furniture, and architecture. Their designs, everything from gorgeously handcrafted wooden furniture to sculptural lighting, all reflect a wonderful attention to balance, proportion, and refinement. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show: Volk
Brooklyn-based VOLK is a contemporary design studio founded by Brian Volk-Zimmerman, a RISD graduate who is continuing in his grandfather’s furniture maker footsteps. The studio creates furniture and objects that meld harmony and balance. From whimsical details to simple, yet chic wooden chairs, VOLK offers designs that are meant to last. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show Preview: John Sheppard
Founded by its namesake ceramist, New York-based ceramics and lighting studio John Sheppard will showcase eye-catching pieces inspired by Brutalist architecture and building materials. The asymmetrical base of the Conduit Incline Table Lamp shown above is handcrafted from slabs of sand-colored stoneware. A brass hardware piece traverses through it, yielding one unique, illuminating design. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)
AD Show Preview: Stickbulb
Stickbulb’s lighting fixtures are literally born from the destruction of architecture. The Brooklyn-based company celebrates this energy and history in the form and function of its designs. It’s latest, Boom, features cast brass joints and linear wooden bulbs to create forms of exploding light. It is available in four different configurations: Little Boom, Middle Boom and Double Boom and comes in a range of sustainably sourced wood types including Maple, American Walnut, Ebonized Oak, Reclaimed Heart Pine and Reclaimed Water Tower Redwood. (credit: Architectural Digest Design Show)