HARRY NURIEV BOOKENDS

HARRY NURIEV (B. 1984) IS A NEW YORK AND PARIS-BASED ARTIST, ARCHITECT, FURNITURE DESIGNER, AND THE FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF CROSBY STUDIOS, AN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FIRM LAUNCHED IN 2014. ACROSS A VARIETY OF SPECIALIZATIONS RANGING FROM ARCHITECTURE TO INTERIOR DESIGN AND DESIGNED OBJECTS, NURIEV USES TRANSFORMISM AS A PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK, WHICH SEES HIM TAKING EXISTING OBJECTS, MATERIALS, AND FORMS, IMBUING THEM WITH WITH NOVEL AESTHETIC AND MATERIAL QUALITIES, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TRANSCEND THEIR HABITUAL FRAMES OF PERCEPTION.