DEVOURED
This Secret Brooklyn Archive Contains a Trove of Design Rarities. Here Are 10 Exceptional Finds
Design
Wallpaper
Design gallery R & Company is opening its 16,000-square-foot Brooklyn Navy Yard warehouse, known as Building 86, to the public by appointment.
What: Co-founders Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers have curated a permanent collection of rare 20th- and 21st-century furniture, including prototypes by Wendell Castle, Verner Panton, and Joaquim Tenreiro, now viewable for the first time in their storage archive.
Decoder
- Flat file: Large-format storage cabinets with wide, shallow drawers typically used by architects and designers to store blueprints, maps, and drawings.
- Radical Design: An Italian architectural and design movement from the 1960s and 70s that rejected traditional modernist aesthetics in favor of pop-culture influence, bright colors, and surrealist forms.
Original article
Collectible design gallery R & Company has opened Building 86, its 16,000-square-foot storage warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to the public by appointment for the first time.
Explore all 53 articles in today's digest
Fresh dev news, AI-digested daily. Never miss a trend at devoured.fyi