Dancing on the Walls: Andrée Cooke and Marcus Tomlinson
Given the rest of the building’s interiors, you’d expect the bathrooms of Spring Place and Spring Studios in New York to be fairly impressive spaces, but you might not guess that the wallpaper would be the feature that steals the show.
Since the launch of the Tribeca’s event and photoshoot space Spring Studios in 2015 – and its associated members’ co-working club, Spring Place, in 2016 – contemporary art and design specialist Andrée Cooke has been tasked with developing the signature interior aesthetic. Her remit for the group extends from sourcing and commissioning furniture and art work, to providing wallpaper for eight bathrooms across the building. The brief from Spring’s President Francesco Costa for the latter was simple: find something that departed from the usual institutional look of such spaces and introduce something fun, fresh and colourful that would capture the imagination of Spring’s creative and fashion- focused clientele.
Having worked as a curator and gallerist for the last two decades and then some, Cooke has developed an unparalleled network of artists and designers, which she mentally matches to the needs of the space she’s currently working on.
Considering the credentials of Spring’s fashion-creative client base, Cooke commissioned Marcus Tomlinson, a photographer and film-maker who has won international recognition for meticulously crafted films and images for the likes of Phillip Treacy, Hussein Chalayan, Issey Miyaki, Porsche, Jil Sander and Samsung – but never before for wallpaper.
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04 Dec 2017
Dancing on the Walls: Andrée Cooke and Marcus Tomlinson