Objects & Environment Photo: Elizabeth Felicella
We, at Studio Bartleby, hold fast to a set of preferences which allow us to do our best work: beauty over ugliness; good over cool; making over shopping; local business over anonymous business. We prefer to connect budget, material, and labour, to produce objects and environments of true value. We prefer to embrace how our clients wish to use their private space, from how it looks during a grand party, to how it feels when fixing toast for one. Ultimately, we aim to translate that sense of pleasure derived from a perfect fit and nice thing.
Originally from Malaysia, principal designer, Mary L Chan studied English Literature at Edinburgh University and Vassar College prior to receiving her interior design degree from Parsons. She has been on the teaching faculty of Parsons and The New York School of Interior Design, as well as a guest critic at the Pratt Institute.
Tribeca Residence: New home-owners, new construction. The full project portofolio can be viewed here. Photo: Elizabeth Fellicella
Tribeca Residence Photo: Elizabeth Felicella
Tribeca Residence Photo: Elizabeth Felicella
57th Street Residence: A collaboration with Mina Bernhard Interior Design and PJC Architecture. The full project portfolio can be viewed here.
57th Street Residence
57th Street Residence
Downtown Brooklyn Residence: A match made by the New York Times, this experiment in interior space-making generated ideas pulled from multiple disciplines. For more information on the process, the article can be read online here. Photo: Elizabeth Felicella
Downtown Brooklyn Residence
Infinity Loop Drapery: Custom window treatment for the Downtown Brooklyn Residence. Leather strap and sheer linen Inifinity Loop drapery, to be fashioned as you please.
Canbridge Trestle: Custom dining table of black walnut slab and darkened steel trestle base. A collaboration with December Box, Brooklyn, NY. Photo: Anna Van Lenten
Leviticus Rug: Hand-knitted rug of wool, linen, and bamboo rayon.
