故事讲述者办公室丨美国曼哈顿

An Office For Story Tellers

Flatiron, Manhattan, NY

Eden Wallpaper from Calico reflects on

the surface of the Geona Dining Table.

Chai's office features a family heirloom sofa

flanked by the Carlo Bar Trolley from Sika.

Completed: May 2023

Photography: Matthew Williams — Styling: Studio DB

Office Fit Out — Film — Architecture & Interior Design

After an adventurous renovation of their Upper East Side home, filmmaker duo Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin were looking for a fresh and functional space to serve as the headquarters for their production studio, Little Monsters Films. We worked together once again to create an office that—like the Academy Award winners themselves—favors the bold and pulls inspiration from across the globe. Located in New York’s Flatiron District, the 7,000 square foot office features large, open workspaces for entertaining, collaborating, and discovering. The dramatic entryway, lined in gold Calico wallpaper, immediately sets the scene. The state-of-the-art screening room—designed to be unlike any other in the city—features vintage Carlo Scarpa theatre chairs from the Auditorium in Via della Conciliazione in Rome (some reupholstered, most in the original daring red). To suit Chai’s singularly whimsical style, we created a custom neon pink desk with a Patagonia marble top that complements a family heirloom sofa in her colorful office.

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A custom neon pink desk with a Patagonia

marble top was fabricated by Sometimes Metalworks.

The Sixteen-Arm "Fountain" Chandelier above

a custom conference table from Union Wood Co.

The screening room features vintage Carlo Scarpa

theatre chairs that came from the Auditorium in

Via della Conciliazione in Rome.

The large common work area table is lit by

Eperara Siapidara Se of Six PET Lamps.

A dramatic banquette off the entry provides

a backdrop for entertaining guests or a

breakout work space.

Project Credits

General Contractor: Jason Liu

Millwork: Jason Liu; Construct BK; Reform

Architectural Metals: Sometimes Metalworks

MEP Engineers: JMV Consulting Engineering

Studio DB Team: Britt Zunino, Damian Zunino, Sunny Salkar, Ryan Wilson, Lisa Finkenstaedt, Michael Powell, Joshua Padilla