Throne.
What happens when a bevy of multidisciplinary artists, designers, and brands overtakes a townhouse in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood for New York Design Week? Amauri Aguiar, cofounder of TriBeCa gallery Verso, found out when he invited dozens of contemporaries to fill three floor-through condo units, plus the backyard and carport, of 96 King, a chic residential new-build, with whimsical collectible furnishings. The activation, dubbed “Verso & Friends,” starred statement pieces like Hannah Bigeleisen’s cobalt gypsum-cement Throne bench, the squiggly Cracked Eggs and Slinky merino wool rugs by Dokter and Misses, Lynn Lin’s glass Chess in the Bath set, and Martina Guandalini’s Soulmate acrylic-and-resin vases. The site, a light-filled aerie with harbor view by developer/builder Ground Architecture, formed the ideal backdrop for Verso’s idiosyncratic assembly.
“Verso was born as an agile and itinerant gallery and store inhabiting diverse real estate”
Slinky, Cracked Eggs.
Chess in the Bath.
Portrait of Amauri Aguiar.
Soulmate.
Throne.