The dampening of creativity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has prompted interior designer Olivier Garcé to transform his New York home into a show space for contemporary art and design.
The apartment, located on the third floor of a pre-war brownstone in the West Village, has been completely reimagined with works by Garcé's friends and colleagues, which include collectible furniture, experimental ceramics, decorative lighting and original artworks.
Ian Felton's lava stone coffee table and alpaca-upholstered Kosa Side Chair feature alongside a vintage Axel Einar Hjorth rocking chair and Minjae Kim's Oyster Lamp
The idea was born out of a discussion between Garcé, who until recently was director of Pierre Yovanovitch's New York studio, and friend Ian Felton, a collectible furniture designer. The pair wanted to find opportunities for inspiration and collaboration at a time when they would be largely confined to their homes. Knowing that others were feeling the same way, they came up with a brief that they could invite other creatives to participate in.
Green River Project's raffia-topped Half Moon stool sits alongside artworks by Ronan Bouroullec and Jean-Philippe Delhomme
"Everything was closed, but I was having a lot of conversations with designers and they were all looking to do something," Garcé told Dezeen. "So we decided to bring all of these people together."
Their collaborators in the project included furniture design studio Green Rive...