The unfolding of designer Justin Wesley's renaissance

"There's a curvature to Justin Wesley's furniture that feels organically sensual. In his first collection, Renaissance, debuted in New York this past October, Justin builds a visual language grounded in rich, warm cocoa-stained birch juxtaposed in places with steely, matted aluminum to create intentionally straightforward forms. But ingenuity lies in the striking way that each of his pieces commands the use of curves and angles together to build an arresting, refined perspective."

"Coming from a creator with no formal design training and whose first gallery representation was gained through sketches alone, it's an impressive fluency. As we sat on a Zoom call ahead of Design Miami, Justin revealed that he considers his career in the medium a happenstance: "[It was] destiny or, as I like to say, by colossal accident," he detailed, a warm smile lighting his face."

Justin Wesley's furniture emphasizes organically sensual curvature and a dialogue between curves and angles to create arresting, refined forms. The Renaissance collection debuted in New York in October and centers on cocoa-stained birch contrasted with steely, matted aluminum for intentionally straightforward compositions. Wesley developed his practice without formal design training, gaining gallery representation from sketches alone. A former college basketball player, he shifted toward fashion and sketching during college, rediscovering drawing skills. A gallery challenge to design 100 pieces produced 130 distinct ideas, from which his first console, Knuckles, emerged.

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