RESPITE FOR THE CULTURED SOUL

February 13 · Architectural Designs, Features, Furniture Designs, Hospitality Design, New Products, Uncategorized

Are you visiting Manhattan soon? Come for a feast of the senses at Lincoln Center and be blown away by the grace of virtuosos like Joshua Bell, Emanuael Ax and Wynton Marsalis. After a wonderful evening for your cultured soul, expand your tastes and dine at the new Marcus Samuelsson destination restaurant, The American Table at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

We were thrilled to partner with the renowned firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to create custom pieces for this groundbreaking restaurant. Created from a single, high character 13’ black walnut slab, No. 0239 is a banquet table to seat symphony and theatergoers while they indulge their taste buds. On warm spring and summer nights when the outdoor dining space is open, No. 0173.12, No. 0131.7 and No. 0131.10 will be a big hit, as couples sip on their pre and post-show cocktails.

After a mega-dose of culture, open your palettes to flavors that reflect the American cultural landscape, while also experiencing the true sophistication of American design and craftsmanship.

Come, take a seat at our table and see what inspiration will form!

CONNECTIVITY – VIP CORPORATE CHALLENGE

January 31 · Architectural Designs, Features, Furniture Designs, Hospitality Design, New Products

STYLE AND SUBSTANCE

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A new client came to us with a corporate challenge. She had fallen in love with the No. 0186 dining table (shown above), but needed a fully functional conference table for 11 VIP airport lounges across the country.

Always striving to make our clients’ vision a reality, we brought a business savvy piece to life with the No. 0030.14.

STYLE AND SUBSTANCE

It is the perfect culmination of style and substance. We installed data power boxes at points of critical usage to serve travelers’ technology needs. Frequent fliers and jet setters charge their electronics while simultaneously connecting them with nature. It is a fine and fair balance we hope allows them to refresh on a level beyond the plug in.

Moreover, we found a clever way to hide dangling cables by integrating a blackened steel chase under the slab and along the coordinating legs. These hidden details keep the table streamlined and refined.

Challenge us. Push the envelope. Take us on!

SOUNDWALL Tops the Charts !

January 11 · Architectural Designs, Audio Slideshows, Events, Features, JOHNHOUSHMAND Projects, New Products, News, Video

SONIC ARCHITECTURE is the next big thing in the design and music worlds! Last night’s opening of SOUNDWALL at JOHNHOUSHMAND PROJECTS was a testament of that. We had the honor of hosting 400 guests from all over the creative spectrum. JOHNHOUSHMAND PROJECTS was packed to the brim with cultural tastemakers from the realms of architecture, music, interior design and art came together to celebrate Ed Potokar‘s musical sculpture exhibition.

Last night’s opening was indeed a feast for the senses! Guests were able to touch, play and listen to the master crafted sculptural instruments and audio architecture. Festivities came to soaring heights when Ed Potokar started live musical performances with his crew of renown musicians and friends, which included Gerry Leonard, Scott Williams, Shawn Pelton, Rick DePofi, Chris Butler and Sterling Campbell .

For those of you who could not attend the opening here are some videos of the jam session of last night’s festivities!

SOUNDWALL is on exhibit at JOHNHOUSHMAND PROJECTS until February 3rd, so please come visit us and play for a while!

FULFILL YOUR DESIGNS: COLLABORATION WITH JEN KAO

January 08 · Architectural Designs, Audio Slideshows, Features, Furniture Designs, New Products, Video

JOHNHOUSHMAND and JEN KAO recently teamed up to create this amazing reception desk No. 0261

Collaboration has always been a fundamental process at JOHNHOUSHMAND.We love putting our heads together with other innovative designers and creatives to produce amazing, unique, and personal works. As they say “two heads are better than one!”

Some of our favorite people we love to work with are those that belong to the Fashion world! In the past we have teamed up to create one of a kind pieces for clients such as David Yurman, Barney’s New York and Saks Fifth Avenue. This past year we had the happy privilege of collaborating with the exceptionally talented Jen Kao ! Elle magazine has described her designs as “art-inspired, intellectually approached, and meticulously executed,” and we could not agree more!

For her new fashion showroom, pictured above, we created a one of a kind reception desk that incorporates spalted maple, blackened steel and acrylic. As rose-gold is the signature element for her brand, Jen asked JOHNHOUSHMAND to integrate this metallic detail into her desk; resulting in making this piece extra personalized and one of a kind. Watch the video to hear John and Jen speak about the creative process for this remarkable reception desk!

Starlight, Star Bright, Shined Beautifully Last Night at JOHNHOUSHMAND PROJECTS ..

November 09 · Events, Features, JOHNHOUSHMAND Projects, Uncategorized

JOHNHOUSHMAND Noestheden Exhibition Before Guests Arrived

Last night’s opening of John Noestheden‘s Universe Drawings was a glittering success! Guests from all over the Tri-State area, Canada and Europe came to meet the artist and celebrate these brilliant pieces. In view of our recent weather challenges, the cosmic drawings and atmospheric skyscapes inspired us enormously.

John Noestheden shared with us his long standing interest in astronomy and his “first hand experiences of phenomonology from the universe.” Referring to images from the Hubble telescope, the artist described photos of the universe “that are so dense they look like they are touching, but are not.” John uses Swarovski silver crystals, up to 30,000 in just one piece, meticulously placed one at a time.

John Houshmand expressed that he is “delighted by this collaboration with the JHB Gallery and this wonderful artist. His work brings an ethereal lightness and beauty to our showroom space.”

Our youngest fan and perhaps our future artist !

Here is a brief bio of John Noestheden from the JHB Gallery official press release:

” For over two decades, John Noestheden has been creating a body of large-scale works on paper whose conceptual focus is the representation of the universe, a glimpse into the divine sublime. Using a range of media, including acrylic ink, paint, silver crystals, and titanium ore, in often hugely labor-intensive processes, Noestheden’s drawings embody a personal vocabulary that is an amalgam of cosmological documents including star and constellation maps, Hubble photographs, celestial events, historical and current astronomy drawings. This exhibition, Noestheden’s first in New York, is an unprecedented opportunity to see a large selection of the artist’s work together in one space.”

Creatives United! John Houshmand (left) and John Noestheden (right)

Exhibition continues through January 2, 2013

Monday to Saturday, 10am-6pm or by appointment.

For further information, contact Gary Hulton at 212.255.9286 or by email at gary@jhbgallery.com or Shari Lebowitz at 212-965-1238 or by email at shari@johnhoushmand.com.

We look forward to seeing you at JOHNHOUSHMAND PROJECTS!

Dirty Rotten Scandals …Because we all love GOSSIP

October 23 · Features, Furniture Designs, Uncategorized · coffee table, gossip girl, JOHNHOUSHMAND, luxury furniture

This week on Gossip Girl manipulation and betrayal between the cast was the primary focus, but did you happen to spot one of JOHNHOUSHMAND‘s designs?

Amidst Sage’s deceit and scheming in Steven’s Upper East Side library, sits our sleek coffee table. The table featured is the physical embodiment of separate togetherness. Two book-matched wood slabs are held together (and apart) by a hidden metal insert. Similarly, the base is composed of two curved metal legs that create three quarters of an almost perfect circle. The live edge of the nanciton wood top adds a playful, yet elegant touch. The dark coloring plays off the masculine color palette of the library, providing the room an atmosphere suitable for the calculating and conniving.

Follow the table – and the plot – over the next three episodes!

“An American in Mexico”

September 13 · Features, Furniture Designs, Uncategorized · couch, David Howell, feature, House Beautiful, John Houshmand, JOHNHOUSHMAND, Mexico, San Miguel de Allende, Tierra Adentro

This month House Beautiful travels to the homes of Americans living abroad, one of whom is our very own John Houshmand! In this “Ideas from Around the World” issue, House Beautiful finds inspiration in France, India, Italy, Morocco, Belgium, England, the Bahamas, Kenya, and even Mexico – at Tierra Adentro, John’s breathtaking getaway near San Miguel de Allende. Mexico is a dream destination for many with its temperate climate and breathtaking sights. John knows this especially well and so he decided to build a gorgeous villa getaway. The house, known as Tierra Adentro or Inner Land, is the perfect retreat for weary city dwellers.

Tierra Adentro turned out to be the perfect resting place for JOHNHOUSHMAND furniture – the house was born of nature, as was the furniture. John says building a retreat near San Miguel de Allende was serendipity, “I remember very distinctly the first time I went to San Miguel and walked into the plaza. Doves are flying around and the sun is going down in great golden swaths and kids are laughing and church bells are ringing and a mariachi band is playing and people are dancing and I’m thinking, ‘There’s more to life besides working your tail off,’ I burst into tears, it was so beautiful”.

From the 1,000 square foot master bathroom to the bright yellow tiles covering the kitchen, this minimalist hacienda definitely has a friendly touch.

“The whimsy, the play, the lighter moves that I make come from Mexico. A lot of my furniture pieces have an ironic twist to them, almost an inside joke.”

Want to hear more about the beauty of Mexico that inspired John? House Beautiful also provides audio clips of all of the designers speaking about their journeys and inspirations HERE.

Feeling Right at Home

August 16 · Features, Furniture Designs, Uncategorized · bench, furniture design, Jack Lenor Larsen, John Houshmand, JOHNHOUSHMAND, LongHouse

One of the most rewarding things in creating custom pieces is seeing where in the world they end up. It’s always interesting, and this time it’s also such an honor. Go and pick up the September issue of Garden Design Magazine and you’ll notice a familiar bench, and a familiar face! Here is renowned textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen sitting on JOHNHOUSHMAND‘s classic No. 0041 bench, which we are very proud to say is a part of Mr. Larsen’s permanent outdoor display at the LongHouse sculpture garden in the Hamptons. Pick up your own copy and check out the beautiful feature on Mr. Larsen’s public garden!

JOHNHOUSHMAND Makes the List

March 20 · Features, Furniture Designs, Uncategorized · Cortney and Robert Novogratz, Sixx Design, The List Collective

Our friends Bob and Cortney Novogratz are masters in the art of home and interior design. With two hit shows under their belts, 9 by Design and Home by Novogratz, these NYC residents sure do know their stuff.

Who better to go to than this power couple for a favorites list of New York City? The List Collective recently featured the duo and their personal list of favorites for “discovering NYC”.

From Brooklyn based Flavor Paper to Arturo’s Pizza to the Crosby Street Hotel just a few blocks from us, they’ve really got New York covered. We’re proud to say that JOHNHOUSHMAND is highlighted as one of the Novogratz’ favorite thirteen picks in New York.

Check out the rest of their list and others at the List Collective.

JOHNHOUSHMAND spotlighted in Design Alive Magazine

March 12 · Features, Furniture Designs, Uncategorized · furniture design, JOHNHOUSHMAND, low table, pine, stump table

JOHNHOUSHMAND was recently featured in the cutting-edge Polish magazine, Design Alive. This first ever issue of Design Alive highlights new trends in design, with an emphasis on uniquely beautiful, singularly made pieces.

The 0173.2 Pine Stump Low Table emulates this ideal perfectly. While more conventional sensibilities might regard a tree stump as a throwaway – as an unusable remnant of the design process – we at JOHNHOUSHMAND know that the gnarled base of a tree, provides endlessly appreciable, aesthetic complexity. Check out other variations here: No. 0173, No. 0173.1, No. 0173.3, and No. 0173.5.