BHDM Design

The design duo create spaces that tell stories and their latest project—a craft beer bar called Hog’s Head—will open in May

Since joining forces in 2008, Dan Mazzarini and Brian Humphrey have been conceiving and crafting eclectic hospitality, retail and residential spaces through their company, BHDM. Mazzarini (previously designing stores for Ralph Lauren) and Humphrey (who ran his own design practice) met while working for Kramer Design Group and have never looked back; the diversity of BHDM’s projects is a testament to their success and their …

Apparatus Studio and Zak + Fox

Tree ring-patterned wall fabric and neuron-inspired lighting from two NYC-based design teams

This weekend at ICFF the creative pair behind the lighting design studio Apparatus, Gabriel Hendifar and partner Jeremy Anderson, showed off the 15 pieces in their second collection of modern lighting fixtures made from artfully aged materials. They are also introducing a line of patterned natural linen, called Strata Study, a collaboration with Zak Profera from the design brand Zak + Fox. Though the linen …

Poppin’s Color-Conscious Evolution

The stylish office accessory company expands and refines its line

Poppin, the maker of stylish but affordable office products ranging from thumb tacks to notebooks to ping pong conference tables, launched its beta site the spring of 2011. Since then, the much-buzzed-about company has more than doubled in size, growing from 12 to 30 employees. With its official launch in September 2012, it debuted a refined website and a range of new designs and product …