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Location: 111 West 57th Street, New York, USA

Interior Designer: Studio Sofield

Architect: SHoP Architect

Developer: JDS Development Group

Photographer: Adrian Gaut

111 West 57th Street, the bold yet graceful residential tower that soars perfectly centered over Central Park in Midtown Manhattan, unveils a new, $28.5M, 4,492 square foot, full-floor residence on the 42nd floor. The four-week installation, inspired by travel, celebrates art, fashion, and design for the mobile-minded. Through a series of exclusive events and private appointments, visitors were transported through the historic Steinway Hall amidst breathtaking views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline.

The exhibition curated by Rita Chraibi feature specially selected pieces from a luxury fashion house’s iconic collection, comprising beautifully crafted travel-inspired objects. The collection features some of the world’s most renowned names in design, including India Mahdavi, Marcel Wanders studio, Patricia Urquiola, Campana Brothers, and Atelier Oï, among others. The installation also showcases fashionable items such as luggage, ready-to-wear, shoes, bags, and accessories alongside premium Hennessy Cognac and Moet & Chandon Imperial bottles and accessories.

The exhibition featured artworks from Galleria Ca’ d’Oro, including Lorrenzo Perrone, Melissa Herrington, Giorgio Tentolini, Iren Mamyie, Michael Haggiag, and Ewa Bathelier, and works from artists Jorge Wellesley and multidisciplinary artist Rachel T Hicks. The home measures 4,492 square feet and features three bedrooms, three baths, a powder room with floor-to-ceiling windows up to 14’, custom smoke-gray solid oak floors, and a Gaggenau-outfitted kitchen.

Rita Chraibi wanted to show that, despite the strength and power of the objects, it was completely possible to make them coexist in a single space, in a harmonious way to create a living space both elegant and warm and to obtain a unique masterpiece in Residence 42. The passion was coordinating the shapes and colours of these objects, some of which have soft and sensual shapes and others with oceanic inspiration – for example, the anemone table by Atelier Biagetti, which is a true work of art, or the Bombocca sofa by Campana Brothers, which reminds one of the compositions of the ocean.