Verso Dazzles At New York Design Week With A Chic Display

What happens when a bevy of multidisciplinary artists, designers, and brands overtakes a townhouse in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood for New York Design Week? Amauri Aguiar, cofounder of TriBeCa gallery Verso, found out when he invited dozens of contemporaries to fill three floor-through condo units, plus the backyard and carport, of 96 King, a chic residential new-build, with whimsical collectible furnishings. The activation, dubbed “Verso & Friends,” starred statement pieces like Hannah Bigeleisen’s cobalt gypsum-cement Throne bench, the squiggly Cracked Eggs and Slinky merino wool rugs by Dokter and Misses, Lynn Lin’s glass Chess in the Bath set, and Martina Guandalini’s Soulmate acrylic-and-resin vases. The site, a light-filled aerie with harbor view by developer/builder Ground Architecture, formed the ideal backdrop for Verso’s idiosyncratic assembly. 

“Verso was born as an agile and itinerant gallery and store inhabiting diverse real estate”