sculptural ceramic tile chairs transform into storage objects for a new york apartment

"These narratives were translated into furniture pieces that operate simultaneously as functional domestic objects and material studies of time, attachment, and urban continuity. A series of designed for the apartment combines tile, , storage components, and bio-synthetic foam. The ceramic bases reference the glazed terra-cotta facades, subway tiles, and utilitarian surfaces associated with New York architecture, while also responding to the practical requirements of domestic life, including durability against wear caused by the client's cat."

A renovation of a Greenpoint apartment was developed to connect literature with domestic space and urban living conditions. The project responded to pressures of New York housing costs, limited space, and constant neighborhood change. The client needed additional storage for a growing personal library, shaping both practical spatial solutions and reflections on accumulation and survival in dense environments. Literary references informed the design: cyclical routines and temporal repetition were linked to a narrative of reliving the same day, while permanence and loss were linked to themes of outliving changing conditions. These ideas were expressed through furniture and spatial interventions that function as everyday objects while also materializing time, attachment, and continuity. Ceramic and tile elements referenced local architectural surfaces and durability needs, including wear from a cat.

Read at designboom | architecture & design magazine