Bower Studios is a design studio in Williamsburg that creates mirrors and furniture by CNC-cutting and steam-bending materials in-house. Founded in 2013, the studio constructs pieces that explore geometry and perception, such as mirrors based on Penrose's impossible triangle.
Mirrors are the starting point, but the question Bower Studios keeps asking is more slippery: what does a familiar object have to do to make you stop and look? Founded in 2013 by Danny Giannella and Tammer Hijazi (both former fabricators at Uhuru Design) the Brooklyn studio CNC-cuts its mirrors in-house, bends steam-curved walnut frames, and laminates tinted glass to construct pieces that play geometry against perception. The Tribar Mirror lifts Penrose's impossible triangle off the page; the Melt collection drapes reflective panels over wooden dowels as if glass had gone soft. The Woven series weaves mirror-polished stainless steel and leather into something closer to textile than furniture. The studio's obsession is the everyday object as quiet optical argument.
Fun Stuff covers what's worth showing up for in Williamsburg every week, including programming at Bower Studios. Free.
Know more about Bower Studios, or someone else we should feature?
hello@funstuffnyc.com →