In New York, focus on the vibrant creative scene

New York, of course, is an eternal teenager whose growth never seems to end. It always rises higher: la Central Park Tower, with its 472 meters, will beat all the buildings in America by 2020. It is constantly increasing in density: on the wasteland of the West Side Yard, a huge neighborhood of condos, shops and offices called Hudson Yards is about to see the light of day. So much for the latest architectural follies that Big Apple, always bigger, always changing, promises us.

But these luxury cases, they will have to be fitted out, decorated, to furnish them, to make them livable, in short. And that’s good, because the design scene is bubbling all over the place. Whether it is designing exceptional objects or imagining extraordinary interiors, New York designers are tackling the world. ” What does a typical New York apartment look like? »Wonders aloud Patrick Parrish, highly respected design dealer. ” Unmistakably, among wealthy people under 60, we find precious Moroccan rugs, succulents and some beautiful furniture signed BDDW He himself replies with a touch of irony.

BDDW? Behind these four consonants that bohemian high society only pronounces with relish, there is Tyler Hays, craftsman-designer who launched his activity in 1994 in Greenpoint, a former Brooklyn manufacturing area. Now relocated to Philadelphia, it still produces sublime sideboards hung with leather, XL tables carved in maple (count 40,000 dollars a piece …), among other luxuriously rustic pieces that we never tire of admiring in his SoHo store. This precious but quiet aesthetic also permeates the places decorated by Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, the thinking heads of the Roman and Williams agency.

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