Harmil Carpet Showroom

New York, NY

An imaginative, elegant way to show off carpet

Harmil's richly textured, multihued carpet samples provided the cue for a distinctive solution to the challenge here: to provide both storage and numerous client meeting spaces in limited square footage. Fradkin & McAlpin hung the samples from tiers of chrome rods, creating walls to demarcate private seating areas for designers to use when conferring with clients. At the same time, a panelized modular wall system in the reception area was designed to make it easy to change displays to highlight new colors and patterns.

Key details

• Turned the carpet samples into walls
• Used airplane cable in the design of the showroom’s custom storage and display system
• Designed a hierarchy of lighting for emphasis
• For extra drama, had the ceiling painted a loftlike black—unusual among building showrooms

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