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products profile workstead
By Jennifer Young
Photos by Matthew Williams

BRIGHT SIDE
A Brooklyn design studio finds its light

Workstead's three principals-Stefanie Brechbuehler, Ryan Mahoney, and
Robert Highsmith-met while studying together at the Rhode Island School of
Design, but it wasn't until 2009 that Highsmith and his now-wife Brechbuehler
launched their Brooklyn, New York studio. (An outpost in Hudson, New York
recently opened as well.) For Swiss-born Brechbuehler, it was her work under
the prolific Michael Graves, who built a philosophy and business model around
crafting both spaces and products that inspired her to conceive a firm that
approached design from a holistic sensibility, she says.
A year later, Mahoney joined the team to handle project design-one
of which being the career-defining Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn. Highsmith,
inspired by the hotel's former factory past, created Workstead's first product: a
chandelier for his and Brechbuehler's parlor apartment. The piece showcases
"the flexibility and simplicity of early bench-made lighting in America," says

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Highsmith, and became the studio's bestselling industrial chandelier from its
debut collection.
Today, Workstead is "often inspired to create lighting fixtures that become
central characters in our client's projects," Mahoney says. Look no further
than the custom bedside Orbit fixture, which radiates a warm glow from a
single touchpoint and originated from its Rivertown Lodge project in Hudson.
Craftsmanship with "materials that could speak to the history of the original
property" is essential, says Highsmith, who typically uses oak, marble, brass,
bronze, and cast iron to form striking lighting designs.
Debuting last May during NYCxDesign, Chamber features "sculptural
metal shrouds that conceal or reveal light by degree," says Highsmith. "We like
to add analog elements to our lighting, so each piece in this collection can be
easily adjusted depending on the atmosphere you want to create."
Workstead's fixtures are setting the mood in many hospitality projects,
including some of Soho House's newest properties and boutique concepts
across the U.S. Still, "it's design across all scales," Highsmith says, "that
ultimately keeps us creatively engaged." hd
WORKSTEAD.COM

Stefanie Brechbuehler,
Ryan Mahoney, and Robert
Highsmith in their Hudson,
New York showroom


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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019

Hospitality Design - November 2019
Contents
from the editor
behind the design
perspectives: projects
Interview: emerging designers
Interview: designing women
spec sheet
process
Inspiration: bna
Inspiration: Andrés Reisinger
products
profile: karim rashid
profile: calico wallpaper
profile: patrick zulauf
profile: paola lenti
profile: workstead
profile: brickett davda
trends: materials
trends: blue
trends: brass + bronze
trends: asian inspired
lighting
wallcoverings
seating
outdoor furniture
flooring
casegoods + tables
textiles
surfaces
surfaces
ad index
back space: cyndi ramirez-fulton
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - from the editor
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - behind the design
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - perspectives: projects
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - Interview: designing women
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - spec sheet
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - process
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - Inspiration: bna
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - Inspiration: Andrés Reisinger
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - products
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - profile: karim rashid
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - profile: calico wallpaper
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 59
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - profile: patrick zulauf
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 61
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - profile: paola lenti
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 63
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - profile: workstead
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - profile: brickett davda
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 68
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - trends: materials
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - trends: blue
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 72
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - trends: brass + bronze
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 74
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - trends: asian inspired
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - lighting
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 77
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - wallcoverings
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 79
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - seating
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 81
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 82
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - outdoor furniture
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 84
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - flooring
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 86
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - casegoods + tables
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 88
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - textiles
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 90
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - surfaces
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - 92
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - surfaces
Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - ad index
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Hospitality Design - Marketplace Fall 2019 - back space: cyndi ramirez-fulton
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