Featured in The NY Times: grill lamp in the Hamptons

When Koen Van Guijze first met interior designer Lauren Piscione via Instagram, quite quickly, he knew the use of his lamps in her projects would spark true magic. Known for her warmly textured interiors speckled with her wabi-sabi mentality, Piscione found a complementary rough edge in Koen’s lighting designs. And Kyūka House offered the perfect opportunity.

Once the Hamptons home of chef Allie Fitzpatrick and tech entrepreneur Andy McCune, their East Coast sanctuary can now be booked as accommodation and for events. When it came to transforming the industrial house (designed by industrialist Jack Ceglic) into a warm, minimalist home with the meditative air of a Japanese spa, Allie knew Lauren was the perfect person for the task. During this project, Allie and Lauren became close friends, later entering into business together as partners in Galerie Was. 

In the spacious dining room, Lauren accompanied the 1940s farm table, phenomenal De Puydt chairs and Elizabeth Ibarra artwork with Koen Van Guijze’s grill lamp. A design that Allie and Andy both loved at first flick of the light. For adding a brutalist pinch to the tranquil interior. For the way its weathered brass complements the imperfect wood textures of the furniture. For the pulleys that not only lead the eye along the six-meter high ceiling, but that also offer versatility, easily raising or lowering the lamp. Perfect whenever anyone feels the sudden urge to boogie: move the table aside and the room becomes a dance floor.

Read more about the Kyūka House interior in this The New York Times Style Magazine article. 

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