Pallet Palette

New York, New York

Our latest project, Pallet Palette, celebrates creativity and playful invention. It proposes a domestic way of living that makes space for a stacked, layered, shifting palette of objects and artworks. It pays homage to gesture: the outline or framework within which an interiorscape is constantly recreated, unfolding and evolving.  

Set within a former 19th-century industrial building in Manhattan, we stripped the interior to reveal only select brick walls and traces of original piping along the ceiling. Every surface is washed in a warm white, softening the space and highlighting the subtle impression of the original brick beneath. The result is a home that prioritizes openness, flow, and light while suggesting distinct areas for gathering and retreat. 

Reimagined for a lively family of four, we approached the home as a flexible outline rather than a fixed composition—a backdrop for revolving vignettes. A thoughtful mix of the clients’ own pieces alongside newly sourced and commissioned works from local galleries and studios animate the interior. With no strict placements or hardline rules, objects are meant to be moved and rearranged, forming what feels like a stop-motion collage, a space that remains alive and vibrant.

A central open-plan living, dining, and kitchen space anchors the loft, featuring wide oak floors, soaring ceilings, and warm amber light. At one end, the primary suite offers a private and comfortable haven, articulated with understated pieces—including a Saint Jacques Scalloped Two-Drawer Desk by Maison Madeleine, an Eames Aluminum Group chair by Herman Miller, and a Hands Rug by Giancarlo Valle for Nordic Knots. On the opposite end, the children’s bedrooms share an entrance and bath, enlivened by a painting by Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, a Venezuelan artist  whose work interprets people’s place in the cosmos. 

Pallet Palette serves as a framework for living—inviting the family to co-create the space. It allows objects and art to shift and settle like characters, continually recomposing the interior and how it is inhabited.