Brooklyn Look
{{Short description|Design style originating from Brooklyn, New York City}}
File:Glowing light bulbs in restaurant (Unsplash).jpg form one of the aspects of the Brooklyn Look in restaurants]]
The Brooklyn Look is a design style that is used in fields such as interior design, food packaging and greeting cards which originated from Brooklyn, New York City.
Characteristics
During an interview with Interior Design, design firm co-owner Joan Michaels stated that the Brooklyn Look consists of reclaimed wood, exposed lightbulbs and taxidermy.{{Cite web |title=10 Questions with... Jayne and Joan Michaels |url=https://interiordesign.net/designwire/10-questions-with-jayne-and-joan-michaels/ |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Interior Design |language=en-US}} The style was once an independent expression of the reuse of goods but has changed into expensive consumer products. Many business owners believe that using the Brooklyn Look is good for increasing profits.{{Cite web |last=Quito |first=Anne |title=Designers have an 8-letter word for the despised hipster aesthetic colonizing the planet |url=https://qz.com/764853/the-brooklyn-look-is-sweeping-the-world-to-designers-dismay-and-business-owners-delight/ |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Quartz |date=2 December 2016 |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Ellin |first=Abby |date=2014-12-03 |title=The Brooklyn Brand Goes Global |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/style/the-brooklyn-brand-goes-global.html |access-date=2022-03-12 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=2015-12-16 |title=The Curators of a Home's 'Brooklyn Look' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/fashion/brooklyn-brownstone-brothers-contractors.html |access-date=2022-03-12 |issn=0362-4331}}
Prevalence
In a Quartz article, it was noted that the Brooklyn Look was commonly used in neighborhoods like Pantin in Paris, Shimokitazawa in Tokyo, Florentin in Tel Aviv and Shoreditch in East London.
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |last=Hackett |first=Kathleen |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/965623535 |title=Brooklyn interior |date=2017 |others=Matthew Williams, von dem Knesebeck GmbH & Co. Verlag KG |isbn=978-3-86873-966-4 |edition=Originalausgabe |location=München |oclc=965623535}}
- {{Cite web |last=O’Callaghan |first=Helen |date=2020-10-11 |title=Meet the interior designers who take pride in their green houses |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/homeandgardens/arid-40062146.html |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}
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