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Faux finishing is our forte.
#design compendium#design#brooklyn#found objects#faux finishing#finishing#finishing booth#plaster#technique#new york city#market week#visual merchandising#dc process#process#visual display#sample#faux#faux stone#forte
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Even the dogs couldn't take their eyes off of this amazing window display for #DKNY. Video art by #AndreaWolf. Final installation photos to follow!
#DKNY#Donna Karan#Donna Karan New York#Andrea Wolf#video art#new york city subway#mta nyc#design compendium#design#design studio#window display#visual display#visual merchandising#technology#tv screens#DKNYxNewMuseum#new museum#new york city#brooklyn#soho#dkny soho#mosaic#multimedia#installation#art installation#New York Life#kaleidoscopic#subway tile#contemporary art#digital mosaic
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It's time for Material Monday! Pulled glass rolled in gold leaf. Oooooooo aahhhhhhhhh.
#design compendium#material monday#material#material sample#sample#pulled glass#glass#brooklyn#design studio#reflective#custom#custom display#custom furniture#custom lighting#design#gold leaf#speckles#gold speckles
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What is that you ask? Stay tuned...
#design compendium#design#brooklyn#New York City#micro#macro#nature#visual design#Industrial Design#visual merchandising#retail display#abstract#abstract photography#photography
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To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right, to the front, to the front, to the back, to the back. Now slide baby slide, just slide baby slide.
#design compendium#brooklyn#hardware#69 Boyz#Tootsee Roll#design studio#design#sample#samples#engineering#positions#slide baby slide
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Fake it til you make it.
#design compendium#faux#faux finishing#faux stone#stone#real or fake#real or not real#shop#finishing booth#wood shop#material#material study#artistry#fake#design#brooklyn
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We're pulley-ing out all the stops for our clients these days.
#design compendium#pulley system#theatre curtain#electronics#shop#design studio#wood shop#curtain#theatrical#lighting#brooklyn#new york city#visual merchandising#window display#madison avenue#pulley#retail display#retail
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It's golden bamboo, hello?!
#golden#design compendium#brooklyn#design#shop#newyorkcity#sample#sampels#gilded#bamboo#golden bamboo
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It was 79 degrees today guys! Is it time to break out the summer whites yet?
#design compendium#design#brooklyn#lacoste#showroom#rené lacoste#acrylic#white acrylic#custom display#fashion#visual merchandising#retail display#retail showroom#crocodile#alligator#le crocodile#rené did it first#style#play to win
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Controlled chaos is the key to success. That's a saying, right?
#design compendium#brooklyn#shop#design#design studio#wood shop#work shop#chaos#controlled chaos#success#DC Lifestyle#DC process#finishing booth#tools#hardware#organization#custom#custom organization#materials library#library#ladders#scaffolding#sunset park#gowanus#south park slope
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Want to make a splash on Madison Avenue? Sonia Rykiel said paint it all red. Design Compendium agreed.
#design compendium#design#design studio#sonia rykiel#sonia rykiel paris#paris#parisian designer#red#millwork#custom#custom millwork#high gloss#gloss lacquer#lacquer#madison avenue#new york fashion#new york city#brooklyn#books#book shelves#fashion#andré saraiva#thomas lenthal#novel concept#julie de libran
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"The most complicated skill is to be simple." -Dejan Stojanovic
#design compendium#brooklyn#new york city#pedestals#designer#designer bags#chloé#fashion#barneys new york#barneys#dejan stojanovic#poetry#poem#philosophy#philosopher#simple#complicated#visual merchandising#visual dsiplay#simple is complicated#simple is beautiful#simple is best#new york city fashion#design studio#design#barneys nyc
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What did René Lacoste do first you ask? I will answer your question with another question. What didn't he do first? THAT is the question.
#design compendium#rené lacoste#rené did it first#brooklyn#new york city#visual merchandising#retail display#retail window display#window display#madison avenue#design studio#design build#fabrication#lacoste#retail#merchandise#custom#custom display#leds#faux neon#neon#tennis#the crocodile#crocodile#le crocodile
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The final product! Check out last week's post for process photos. These beautiful custom pieces will show up in a luxury hotel near you very soon.
#design compendium#blue#leather#custom furniture#brooklyn#bespoke#bespoke furniture#hospitality#hotel furniture#hotel#snake skin#alligator#crocodile#luxury#bar#wet bar#coffee table
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See you later, alligator. After ‘while, crocodile.
#design compendium#dc process#brooklyn#trunk#wet bar#custom furniture#clamps#wood shop#metal shop#upholstery#leather#blue#blue leather#hardware#precision#touch ups#hospitality#bespoke furniture#bespoke#craftsmanship#see you later alligator#after while crocodile#crocodile#alligator
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Gettin' absolutely nerdy over here with our absolute encoder.
#design compendium#chanel#DC process#design studio#design#brooklyn#new york city#visual merchandising#technology#store display#fragrance#beauty#fragrance & beauty#programming#technology in retail#retail#retail display#absolute encoder#angle measurement#position measurement#postion encoding#custom#custom display
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