ONE OF ECLECTIC'S MOST COMMERCIALLY MISUNDERSTOOD DESIGNS.

ONE OF ECLECTIC'S MOST COMMERCIALLY MISUNDERSTOOD DESIGNS.

ONE OF ECLECTIC'S MOST COMMERCIALLY MISUNDERSTOOD DESIGNS.

The TriBeCa Collection received awards, industry recognition, and critical acclaim.
Yet not a single piece was sold.

Looking back, I do not believe the reason was quality, craftsmanship, engineering, or even price.

Created in collaboration with French designer Lionel Scharly, the collection combined Art Deco influences, solid walnut construction, stainless-steel detailing, tailored leather upholstery, and a design language positioned somewhere between furniture, architecture, and sculpture.

Perhaps it was too different.

Or perhaps it arrived before the market knew where to place it.

What I find most interesting today is that many buyers willingly spend comparable amounts on fashionable products built around temporary trends, imported materials, and short life cycles, yet often never ask the most important question:

"What does it actually cost?"

The TriBeCa Collection taught me that markets do not always reject products because of price.

Sometimes they reject what they do not immediately understand.

Years later, I remain just as proud of the collection.

Not because it received awards.

Not because it achieved commercial success.

But because it never tried to become something else.

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