OWEN by Tacklebox Architecture
Tacklebox Architecture designed the interior of the OWEN store in New York.
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Description from the designers:
Located in the Meatpacking District, OWEN occupies an 1,800 square foot space that previously housed a meat storage facility, auto storage, and a floral shop. In response to the rich history of the space and through the juxtaposition of industrial elements with the handmade, we sought to create a place that is both familiar and timeless.
Here a continuous surface, hand-built out of 25,000 brown paper bags, arches from floor to ceiling. The repetition of the paper bags results in a honeycomb-like structure that defines a warm, organic volume which sits within the existing industrial brick and concrete space. Additionally, all clothing, accessories, and jewelry are displayed on quartz slab tables, blackened steel hang-bars and steel and glass vitrines whose linearity and crisp details sit in contrast to the delicate texture of the paper arch beyond.
Visit the Tacklebox Architecture website – here.
Photography by Juliana Sohn
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tyler on 24 May 2012 at 11:58 am #
A thrilling use of a mundane material. stunning.
Marcase on 24 May 2012 at 1:08 pm #
Pretty amazed the designers got away with it: 25,000 brown paper bags arranged in this fashion constitute a potential fire hazard.
Unique, that’s for sure.
Steve on 24 May 2012 at 1:59 pm #
The detail that has gone into placing those paper bags is unreal!
shane on 24 May 2012 at 3:39 pm #
I always love repetition of simple objects. How long before someone’s kid leans on the wall?
Jarek on 25 May 2012 at 2:54 am #
It does look unique. My only concern is on a practical side.
Can you imagine the amount of dust collected in those bags in a year’s time?
…I guess they will replace it with something equally lasting.
Andy D4 on 25 May 2012 at 8:44 am #
Fabulous texture scape here, love the sheen and rustic clash!
Neonsignbros on 31 May 2012 at 6:45 am #
I had no idea looking at this at first glance that these were all paper bags. This is insane to me.
Lucy Williams on 31 May 2012 at 6:51 am #
I love the look but how do you dust that?