And thats snooping around their studios, unearthing old sketches, and pleading with them to put killer side projects into production. Luckily for us since weve been a bit flush with travel this summer. Committed to working with regional craftsmen and fabricators, the studio shifts freely between materials, adeptly navigating different styles and genres, to produce distinctive furniture, objects and accessories. Committed to working with regional craftsmen and fabricators, the studio produces furniture and accessories that aim. Moving mountains approach may be diametrically opposite in terms of audience and attitudes to permanence, but designing for middle america furnished lew with the ability to navigate between different design languages and not feel that she had to be tied to one specific aesthetic. An interesting plainness, timeless simplicity with a heart, moving mountains furniture by syrette lew establishes that connection with triangular mirrors, tables that stack as shelving or double as benches, subtly exaggerated shapes and unexpected details that make this growing collection, currently comprising the aframe mirror, summit nesting tables, city farm table, and windsor bench. Blend is the first collaborative work by designers syrette lew us from moving mountains and runa klock n. Book your lodging today moving mountains is a studio founded by designer syrette lew producing contemporary furniture, lighting and accessories.
Since 2012, lew s studio, moving mountains, has been making charming furniture pieces, meticulously crafted bags, and sculptural jewelry. Through their initial conversations, they discussed a mutual interest in working with a to them, unfamiliar material that highlighted a skilled craft. I thought long and hard about what would represent cadillac, she says. Canopy table puffer chair palmyra lamp column tables currently obsessed with this furniture by syrette lew founder of brooklynbased design studio moving. Syrette would like to be known as a contemporary designer, but not just for furniture. According to moving mountains studio founder syrette lew, this sentiment perfectly captures the spirit of her new collection of chairs and lights the latter designed in collaboration with ceramicist giselle hicks. Moving mountains mixes memphis and shaker influences despite straddling design disciplines and working with many makers, syrette lew s brooklyn studio maintains a distinctive voice. Designer syrette lew founded brooklynbased studio moving mountains in 2014. Palmyra lamp by moving mountains today i listen to baxter durys ubercool song palm trees while im admiring this ubercool palmyra lamp. We saw it in the lowbrow comic book world and the highbrow art world in the. Syrette lew of moving mountains continued her deep dive into upholstered armchairs with the graphicallyshaped arc lounge, in slubby. Metropolis neocon exhibit envisions the future of the. Committed to working with regional craftsmen and fabricators, the studio shifts freely between materials, styles and genres to produce distinctive furniture with a recent focus on upholstered seating.
For syrette lew, founder of the brooklynbased design studio moving. Arc lounge chair designed by syrette lew of moving mountains. This will be read number 15 for 2019, and this one is moving mountains by john eldredge, also the author of one of my alltime favorite books, wild at heart. Interior design addict moving mountains distinctive. Feb 2, 2020 chaise lounger assemblage table designed by syrette lew of moving mountains. The many plateaus of moving mountains ravelin magazine. Moving mountains is a brand new design studio that produces beautiful bags and jewelry.
Theres only one thing we love as much as exhibiting the work of our favorite designers, like we did with syrette lew of moving mountains this may at our sight unseen offsite event. Be the first to snag new jewelry by moving mountains sight unseen. Chaise lounger assemblage table designed by syrette lew of moving mountains. Moving mountains is a studio founded by designer syrette lew, interested in the intersection of design, art, and fashion. Moving mountains distinctive furniture pieces are inspired by italian interiors designer syrette lew founded brooklynbased studio moving mountains in in the years since, her collections of handcrafted sofas, coffee tables, mirrors, and lamps have. Moving mountains, a new yorkbased studio founded by designer syrette lew, treads this precarious intersection, even bringing fashion into the mix, and quite purposefully.
Thats what hawaii native syrette lew, the brains behind brooklyn studio moving mountains, thought when she started working with cadillac. Just found the delightful work of brooklynbased syrette lew of moving mountains. High end contemporary furniture and upholstery collection by moving mountains. Moving mountains is a brooklyn based studio founded by designer syrette lew. The decision to work in design has been a fruitful one for the hawaii native. After eight years of designing furniture for west elm, syrette lew, 35, opened her own design studio, moving mountains. It kind of looks like an alarm clock, was moving mountains designer syrette lew s reaction to brauns hld 4 hair dryers. Moving mountains mixes memphis and shaker influences. Brooklynbased lew works with regional craftsmen and fabricators to produce. Named in part for the volcanic mountains of lew s home state of hawaii, the mountains also form a metaphor for the dynamism of lew s practicejewelry and furniture, for example, are described by lew as opposite sides of the mountain. I love a good basic leather bag, and syrette s have all the simple forms i love with little added details.
When i get commissions like these, i really do take that into consideration. Moving mountainsabout moving mountains design studio. Before deciding to study and pursue a career in industrial design, syrette lew was a surfer and, later, an economics major at ucla. Syrette lew of moving mountains continued her deep dive into upholstered armchairs with the graphicallyshaped arc lounge, in slubby natural linen and cherry wood, and a mustard velvet salon club chair. Syrette lew of brooklyn studio moving mountains, whose brass palmyra floor lamp is currently on show at colony, tells us, as far as i know. Arc lounge chair chaise lounger puffer chair salon club chair slipper lounger canopy table. A brooklyn furniture designer makes the move to jewelry. Coffee table ottoman for living room coffee table books best sellers top tips, tricks, and techniques to the perfect office furniture office. The club chair is said to have come from exclusive gentlemans clubs that were popular in and around 19thcentury england, explains lew. After an image we featured of syrette lews golden palmyra lamp went. Meet syrette lew, a brooklynbased furniture designer, and step into her chill bushwick studio. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and.
For her first pieces, she looked to the past, playing with color and proportion to come up with her own version of the windsor chair, and pairing natural materials with zigzag lines and confettipatterned marquetry for a warmer, more functional take on the historical. Metropolis neocon exhibit envisions the future of the workplace. Architectural digest design show favorites 2019 home. In fact, we want all the designs from her line, moving mountains. Outfit your dream apartment with new furniture by moving. The name of the studio is both an allusion and tribute to the hawaiian archipelago. Not only is almost everything in the new moving mountains jewelry.
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