They say first impressions last a lifetime – and we sure hope they do when you enter the new W New York – Downtown at 123 Washington Street. Our latest project, No. 0235, a Black Walnut dowel reception desk with a granite top, really is a statement piece.
Actualized in collaboration with our good friends at Rockwell Group, this bold and angular creation joined pieces by renowned companies such as Jim Thompson, Maya Romanoff and The Rug Company.
INTERIOR DESIGN‘s Spring Market Tabloid features work from our two companies, JOHNHOUSHMAND and JH2OneTreeHome.
Our classic No. 0199 Reception Desk is featured in the section Logging In: Grains that have game (p. 100). It is made up of three distinctive parts: a spalted maple facia of varying topographical elements, a solid maple slab top, and an undulating cast acrylic apron lit by eco-friendly LED lights that catch the light at every imperfection in the wood.
One of JH2OneTreeHome’s debut pieces shown at this year’s ICFF was the Atik Bench, featured in the section Farmhouse Facelift: City slickers come home to roost (p. 38). It can be made of Nicaraguan Nanciton or Cedro Macho woods with a contrasting focal point of 1/2″ thick maze-like metal leg that wraps flush around its 2″ slab top. This bench has the heart of Nicaragua with the lines of JOHNHOUSHMAND.
ID Magazine’s Spring Market is all about identifying cutting edge trends. Looks like we are ahead of the curve again!
The Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Georgia, originally designed by Atlanta architect John Portman in 1967, is undergoing a transformation. This award-winning luxury hotel was the first contemporary atrium hotel in the world and at the time of opening was the tallest building in Atlanta.
JOHNHOUSHMAND, in conjunction with tvsdesign, a design firm specializing in architectural, interior, sustainable and urban design, had the pleasure of designing the two-fold black walnut bell and reception desks, black walnut console tables with glass legs, and valet stand at the Hyatt Regency.
Leave it to JOHNHOUSHMAND to figure out that casting a wood slab into acrylic would make for a natural, organic, diffraction grating! The clear acrylic transmits light perfectly (a giant fiber optics transmitter). But all interruptions – that means each and every natural grain, inclusion, and pocket in the wood – catch the light and “pop” it.
This became the brainstorm for our latest creation – a reception desk developed specifically for the new Kerry Properties Tower in Hong Kong’s bustling Quarry Bay district. The fascia is as linear as a Mondrian painting, but the apron has the serpentine lines of a Fibonacci curve or golden spiral.
JOHNHOUSHMAND‘s reception desk is composed of three distinctive parts: a spalted maple facia, a solid slap top, and an undulating cast acrylic apron lit by eco-friendly LED lights.
The facia consists of a seemingly random plane of intersecting, rectangular pieces, whose varying depths and thicknesses creates a veritable living topography. These disparate pieces are unified by the simplicity of the unadorned maple slab countertop. However, the cast acrylic apron is unquestionably the show-stopping element.
At once stark and opulent, we feel this piece captures the fascinating dynamism of Hong Kong.
