New York designer Anna Karlin has given a print shop in the city, which was ruined in a fire, a new life as her studio and gallery, decorated with rough plasterwork, Shaker-style furniture and bulbous lamps.

She also replaced the building's shopfront, which she described as a "1980s monster", with a design more similar to its 1940s original. After trawling through photographs in New York City government archives to match it, the facade now features two windows for her to display objects.

Inside, brick walls and ductwork are left exposed. They are complemented by a mix of simple materials, including roughly finished plaster, concrete flooring and worn-looking wooden furniture.

According to Karlin, the unfinished look references a Japanese aesthetic known as wabi-sabi, which celebrates the incomplete. The designer describes her showroom area as "perfect in its imperfections".
The space also forms an ideal moody backdrop for a number of works from Karlin's collection, including the bulbous Dimple light, and her Glyph sculpture ? comprising a long coat hook from which bronze, wooden and metal elements hang.

"I wanted every one to feel as if they were working around their kitchen table so I designed our desks as a series of large shared beautifully worn wooden tables that we custom made," said Karlin.

The eclectic decor is completed by a number of pieces that the designer collected while travelling, and antique chairs by New York gallery Diens...