Cutting edge

In his Manhattan hair salon located in the Financial District, Stephane Rebillard, a Parisian transplant, designed the green USM Haller shelving very similar to the one he chose for his home. The salon piece functions in a completely different way, adding a “sleek, modern quality” that contrasts with the Coiffeur’s reclaimed-wood walls, tin ceilings, and rough, wooden floors. At both work and home, the USM shelves provide jolts of color in otherwise monochrome spaces. “When I first moved to New York in the 90’s, I remember going into an art gallery that had these vividly colored, beautiful shelving units in different colors, and I thought that was so cool,” Sarah Crowner, his wife, recalls. Today, she is an accomplished artist in her own rite: Her work is regularly featured in art publications and sold at the Nichelle Beauchene gallery in New York. She shares her Brooklyn home with her husband, Stephane Rebillard, and their nine-year-old daughter. “I always thought a library is kind of a portrait of a person,” Crowner says. “So it is nice to have something that houses that in a beautiful way. Like a frame for your personality.”

Coiffeur Hair Salon, New York (USA)                                                                                          Workspace for 6 people                                                                                                                  Furniture: USM Haller in green                                                                                                              Sales partner: USM Modular Furniture, New York (USA)

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