Interior design studio Studio S II has collaborated with artists Grace Whiteside and Liz Collins to showcase furniture by a majority of women, trans and non-binary designers in Brooklyn as part of NYCxDesign.
Called Design Dysphoria, the exhibit included furniture, textile artwork, glass work and fine art pieces arranged in a residential-like layout inside the concrete-lined studio of Studio S II in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighbourhood. The curators prioritised queer presence in contemporary design.
Studio S II has exhibited an inaugural show with a majority of women, trans and non-binary artists and designers during NYCxDesign
"We are carving out some queer space with an incredible cohort of designers and artists that are all crossing disciplines and blurring boundaries within their practices, a notion of queerness itself," said co-curator and glass artist Grace Whiteside. The show centres on a bed bright orange bed and boldly patterned curtain by textile artist Liz Collins, next to spikey glass orb pendants by Whiteside and a patterned, tiled pedestal by Zander Schlacter.
The pieces are arranged to resemble an open-floor-plan apartment
Textured, resin side tables by Jeremy Martin and horse hair wall hangings by Nima Jeizan sit on either side of the bed, with additional brightly coloured textile work by Larry Krone and Poppy Deltadawn throughout the corner.
"This is a fun show, it's a celebratory show," Collins told Dezeen. "It's eccentric. We want ...