crosby studios creates ultraviolet pop-up and limited edition collection at opening ceremony

moscow-based interior design and architecture firm crosby studios has teamed up with opening ceremony to create a limited edition home and clothing collection. embodying an anatomical theme, the colorful collection — debuting during NYCxDESIGN — is a nod to founder and principal designer harry nuriev’s bold use of colour.

all images courtesy of crosby studios

an appendage-like construction is immediately apparent in crosby studio‘s series of cartoon-like surrealist abstractions. inspired by a plastic replica of pedro friedeberg’s iconic hand chair, nuriev reinterprets the piece, crafting his own flatter version using thin pieces of bent metal. 

the collection also features mobile-like light fixtures and standing lamps inspired by french designer serge mouille’s classic spider lamps, equipped with leaf-like lampshades in the form of hands. a new edition of his signature libraries is also available, a series of freestanding cage-like shelves that are like a weightless cloister of elongated temples. all these are rendered in ultraviolet.

each limited-edition piece has been manufactured at crosby studios’s headquarters in moscow and arae available in limited editions of; 2-10 items per unit. range from $35-$230. ranging from $35-$230 the collection is set to launch at opening ceremony’s howard street flagship store, new york, on may 15. a similar installation will also appear at collective concept @ international contemporary furniture fair, collective design fair‘s capsule presentation at the international contemporary furniture fair, open to the public may 20-23.