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New York-based designer Michael Yarinsky recently worked to convert a turn-of-the-century warehouse space outside the Brooklyn Navy Yard into an office/showroom for eco-conscious flooring company Madera and Copenhagen-based kitchen manufacturer Reform.
Madera designs their products (high quality, beautiful sustainable wood products)in their Brooklyn studio and manufactures them locally in New York, using a “forest-to-floor” approach. The building, which was run down, was appealing because of its large space and architectural charm. Yarinsky was brought on to create a more “non-commercial” experience – focusing on a boutique-meets-gallery kind of experience for their wood products.
Photo courtesy of Madera/Michael Yarinsky
The office, which is raised and out of view of the showroom floor, also contains a kitchen that doubles as a US showroom for Reform.
Photo courtesy of Madera/Michael Yarinsky
Another unique aspect of this building is that upon entering the showroom, you actually encounter a small art gallery contained within a repurposed industrial icebox. Aptly named Cooler Gallery, curated by Yarinsky, focuses on the intersections of art, design, and manufacturing through monthly exhibitions.
Photography by George Del Barrio except where noted.
Source: design-milk