ARIF JAVED BROOKLYN NY
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ARCHITECTURE INTERIORS FURNITURE OBJECTS
NOTES ON CAFE
Interior and spatial schematic design for an independent cafe and bookstore in Brooklyn. We worked to create a space that felt dignified and intellectual but also warm and welcoming.
Rendering showing front built in casual seating and gathering area and floor plan (bottom right) showing overall space layout
Rendering showing back bar/counter and seating area. All furniture shown is custom designed for this space.
ALL PURPOSE TABLE
I designed and built this table for my apartment- the unique shape of the top is meant to accomodate the space constraints of an NYC kitchen. As most NYC apartments have irregular amounts of space allocated for living, dining, and cooking; the table needed to be functional and flexible to accommodate many uses.
Concept illustrations above were part of the process for understanding the aesthetic of the piece
KOTN STOREFRONT
Completed at Parkbench Architects. I was the lead designer and project manager for the exterior of the new KOTN retail store in Lower East Side, Manhattan. We worked with the brand and the city to design a storefront that was bright, exciting, and also fit into the historic context of lower east side.
Photographs of built storefront
Colored elevation I developed showing design proposal including detailing, color, and signage
NOTES ON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
These images are from an ongoing excercise for a brand I am launching with some partners. The brand focuses on furniture, objects, and design using cues from South Asian design history.
The incense holder above is one of our first products we are launching extrapoloating geometry from Badshahi Mosque.
The stool on the left and the illulstration on the right are both inspired by design motifs found in Lahore’s Shalimar Gardens.
% ARABICA STORES
These images are from projects I have been involved with at Parkbench Architects. Parkbench worked with international coffee chain % Arabica on multiple stores in NYC. As the local architects for the projects we worked with the % Arabica team and their teams of designers to project manage and take their schematics from design to completed builds.
Coffee counter floor plans at % Arabica 30 Rock (left) and % Arabica MoMA (right)
Build out at % Arabica 30 Rock (left) and % Arabica MoMA (right)
FURNITURE STUDIES
This series of images show two more furniture studies I am working on. I am always developing concepts and prototypes to maintain an catalogue of design references. This ranges from a concept for an apartment dining nook (above) or a side table influenced by elementary school desks to be useful for working from home.
Side table prototype I created for a friend who wanted a desk to work from while sitting at a couch or armchair
Rendering showing concept design for a wood and leather dining nook in an NYC apartment.