Dwell Harlem House Opening!

Here are the final images of the office system custom designed for Dwell's Harlem House. Check here for a walk through the entire house, along with the people who came, and more images of the office!

Office System Installation in Dwell's Harlem house!

Saturday Night, the night before Dwell's Harlem House opening, we began installing the office system. After the install we filled the shelves with books, rolled the Steelcase chairs into the room, and finally went to sleep.

.....Still Building.....

Yes, we are still building....not long until the Dwell event in Harlem!!!

Building More!

Finger joints, drawers, and press releases, what else could you ask for?

Kris in a box! There's a Kris in a box!

Where did she go?

We went here...

And picked up a couple of Think chairs.

Relaxed for a bit then trekked them up to the
Harlem House, where David took a well-deserved rest.

Design options for homeowners

We have created options for the desk area within the office space. What we have decided on is a desk in which both Alysia and David face the window. Desk drawers are interlocking in the same manner as the shelves. The shelves are designed to 'speak' to the desk by climbing up the wall while also leaning towards the desk. The window sits lower then the desk, here we included a short depth shelf that runs along the window and sweeps along the other wall to meet with the shelves. This shelf is designed to hold small interlocking cubes where David and Alysia's handheld devices can live. Slots are placed on this shelf for wire management. The images above are initial options for both the desk and shelves.

Check out other images at Flickr!

Lyptus wood takes on Harlem

We received amazing news that a supplier of Lyptus wanted to donate their beautiful Brazilian hardwood to us for the home office space. Lyptus wood is a perfect material for this project since it is grown from renewable eucalyptus trees on forest plantations, ensuring environmental safety. Stuart Hanson of Brander Communications generously sent us more Lyptus then expected, 8 sheets of 4' x 8', 3/4" thick, and 4 sheets of 4' x 8', 1/2" thick. The Lyptus is a light cherry shade, which will compliment the redwood, reclaimed from Brooklyn water towers.