FROM TEN82

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

DUVAL FURNITURE!!!!!!

www.furniturebyduval.com

NYC ECO LOFT WITH DUVAL FURNITURE!!!!!!!

Battery Park City is fast becoming the green-residence mecca of New York, thanks to a slew of new eco-friendly developments, including The Visionaire. The building is scheduled for U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum LEED Certification, the nations highest - making it not only the greenest luxury building in not only NYC, but the country. We had the chance to take a look at their model apartment, designed by Cheryl Eisen of the Interior Marketing Group with furniture by the Duval Group, and featuring artwork byBettina Werner “The Salt Queen.”

ECO LOFT NYC!!!!!!!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2009 TEN|82 YESSS!!!!!!

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LoftLife Magazine Celebrates Earth Day With Blank Canvas

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LoftLife magazine hosted Blank Canvas last night at The Visionaire,NYC’s greenest luxury high-rise in Battery Park City. The pristine penthouse overlooked the west side with views of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with floor to ceiling windows. The building is scheduled to achieve Platinum LEED Certification – making it the nations greenest residence. Designer Cheryl Eisen curated the space with furniture by the Duval Group, made from reclaimed wood, and featured artwork by Bettina Wright “The Queen of Salt.” Guests sipped on eco-aware cocktails from 360 Vodka, making it the ultimate Earth Day celebration.

http://attainablemeasurable.blogspot.com/2009/04/heres-new-campaign-from-our-friends-at.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009

Here's a new campaign from our friends at Eco Loft!

The Eco Loft Campaign has chosen The Visioniare building in lower Manhattan to hold the prestigious series of events. The Eco Loft campaign is a series of pr driven events and media covered initiatives spear headed by lifestyle branding firm TEN82. The Eco Loft Campaign is stated to be a series of events slated to express the progressive ability to "go green" with out losing your luxury lifestyle. The campaign started successfully in LA and is also planned take place in Chicago, Atlanta and Miami in the upcoming months there locations have not yet been released.

The first of the two events is titled Blank Canvas. The event will be held on Earth Day April 22, 2009 in a 23 million dollar penthouse in the scheduled platinum LEED certified building, The Visionaire. The event is being held to exclusively showcase the eco friendly interior design and styling of the "Duval Suite" located on the buildings 25th floor. The event is sponsored in part by Earth Share of New York, The Visionaire, Duval Furniture, NYC Green Car, The Muse Hotel, 360 Vodka, Go Green Displays, and Loft Life Magazine.

The second event Liquid will take place April 30, 2009 and will showcase the importance of clean drinking water in the environment. Hosted by Michelle Obama's stylist and realty host Johnny Wright, guest will experience how living a green lifestyle includes clean drinking water. Special invited guest and celebrities will be ushered through the Eco Loft to experience the wonders of clean water. The event is sponsored by Charity Water, Biota Water, Go Green Display's, Earth Share of New York, The Visionaire, Duval Furniture, NYC Green Car, The Muse Hotel, 360 Vodka, and Loft Life Magazine.

With Duval Group providing the Eco luxury furniture and the Visionaire providing the Eco luxury space, this gave award winning designer Cheryl Eisen the blank canvas to design a progressive Eco friendly home. Art work found throughout the spaces where provided by world-renowned artist Bettina Werner, "The Queen of Salt". Born in Milan, Italy in 1965. The Title "Queen of Salt" refers to her pioneering and revolutionary use of salt in art creating paintings, sculptures and installations with her invention of textured colorized salt technique, developed in the early 1980's. She was the first artist to exclusively utilize salt as an artistic medium and is now approaching her 25th anniversary of creating with salt.

Bettina Werner's artwork has been exhibited in Museums, galleries and public spaces extensively throughout Europe, Russia and the United States, including: the Whitney Museum, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, the Detroit Institute of Art, Portofino Museum, Italy, Triennale Museum in Milan, Las Vegas Art Museum, Chase Manhattan Bank, the collection of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel , the collection of Martin Margulies of Miami and the collection of Nicos Vernicos of Athens, Greece.

With a new outlook toward going green TEN82 hopes to expose America and the world to a progressive green lifestyle. The Eco Loft campaign hopes to prove that.

Eco Loft Compain

Loft Tour: Green Living on the Hudson

4/24/09

Battery Park City is fast becoming the green-residence mecca of New York, thanks to a slew of new eco-friendly developments, including The Visionaire. The building is scheduled for U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum LEED Certification, the nations highest - making it not only the greenest luxury building in not only NYC, but the country. We had the chance to take a look at their model apartment, designed by Cheryl Eisen of the Interior Marketing Group with furniture by the Duval Group.

“We share a message that living green does not mean you have to sacrifice high-end design and livability,” said Russell Albanese, president of The Albanese Organization. “At The Visionaire, our homes offer high-end finishes and the latest in sustainable technologies.”

The Visionaire is the third green Battery Park City development from The Albanese Organization and architect Rafael Pelli of Pelli Clark Pelli Architects.  The sustainable interiors at The Visionaire include kitchens that showcase river-washed absolute granite countertops, art glass backsplashes and rift-cut oak wood flooring.  Master baths feature rich limestone floors and countertops, glass mosaic tiled walls, Waterworks deep soaking tubs with limestone decks and separate glass-enclosed showers for a personal spa-like sanctuary. Amenities include two rooftop gardens; fitness center and spa; an indoor pool and Jacuzzi; a screening lounge with fireplace and dining area; and a children’s playroom with a 12-foot salt water reef aquarium.

Photography by Linden Hass

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Antony

Looking for nice European quality furniture in New York has been quite a nightmare for me! It has turned out that all the stores I've been to appeared to be selling fake European furniture - all but one - Duval Furniture Store!

Prices are reasonable, service is exceptional!

Oh, almost forgot: they have sales and this is really great!

From Yelp.com

When one of my childhood friends finally decided to take the initiative and buy a condo with his fiance, he asked me to help him from scratch to finish. Luckily for me, I already knew his budget, I knew the time-frame we were working with, and most importantly, he wanted to keep as few things as possible from their old home in Westchester, so I had the chance to do what I love to do most, SHOP! 

We went everywhere from Woodbury Commons to Fortunoff to the Swarovski Store, etc. When it came down to furniture, they wanted to go to Raymour Flannigans or Ethan Allen, so I had to immediately point them to Soho. I remember shopping up and down Lafayette, Sullivan, Ludlow and constantly seeing tons of high end furniture boutiques. We visited a few places, and although I can't deny how beautiful the pieces were, anything we looked at was at least 10K and up. 

I realized my friends were becoming discouraged and I wasn't having it, so where did I turn to? My cell phone and after calling person after person, I finally had a hit. My attorney said he just refurnished his whole bedroom with the finest Italian oak set for half of what I was ready to spend, and although I didn't want oak, and I was skeptic, I know the man well, and he sounded very, very satisfied by the whole experience in general, so I accepted his recommendation, took down the information he gave me, and made the call.

It was late already, and when I called some woman picked and said they were closing at 6PM, but after I explained our situation and asked if anyone would be there to help us if we rushed, she said it wouldnt be a problem and that she'd have someone wait. We took a cab up to Broadway and Wall St and then just walked down Wall St a few blocks till we hit Pearl St. 

It was actually a little tough to find the place since the showroom was on the fifth floor of just some random building, we had to spend time looking at building numbers which was kind of annoying. Once we buzzed up, we took the small elevator to the fifth floor, and WOW! We opened the door to find dozens of bedroom sets, dining sets, living room sets, and just really unique looking stuff. 

Lucky for us, we were the only ones there since it seemed like they had already closed for the day, and unbelievably the sales associate that stayed to help us, turned out to be the owner, who later introduced himself as something Duval. After we all sat down and told him what we were looking for, how we were trying to put it together, and how much we wanted to spend, I remember he just asked us one question, how quick do you need this done by? So we answered with how quick can it be done.

Aside from writing a check, and accepting the deliveries, we pretty much closed the deal that night, and I'm more than sure we all left with big smiles on our face. As a matter of fact, Mr. Duval even invited us to his home for some dinner, and although we thanked him, I politely explained that we were all way too modest for home cooked meals. 

From the minute we walked in we were treated with the utmost respect, and the services offered to us were beyond normal expectations. The owner sat us down and began explaining why furniture manufactured in Italy or Brazil for example, was more expensive than furniture made in China. He explained the quality and design of different products in the showroom, as well as showed us his extensive website.

The most impressive part of all was of course the pricing, because almost everything we looked at was priced lower than we expected it to be. Mr. Duval even showed us how his prices compared to other retailers in the area, and warned us that if we wanted to customize products or place special orders it would take a few weeks to organize.

Unfortunately my friends and I wanted everything as soon as possible, so aside from going through product by product with us, Mr. Duval also provided designing tips and helped us understand how to create a sense of open space, which we were very worried about, but still maintain a high level of functionality. 

When I tell you we almost bought everything we needed from the Furniture by Duval store, I mean they just don't sell sinks, toilets, or bathtubs. Otherwise, I promise you will find anything and everything that you need at this "diamond in the rough." The owner seemed very devoted to his line of work since it felt like he was trying to sell us on his knowledge more than on the furniture itself, and I guess that because it just sells itself. 

We felt very comfortable and unrushed, and although we might've of jumped the gun too soon, when the furniture started arriving that very same week, and within two weeks the whole apartment was furnished just the way we envisioned it, we realized that good things are worth jumping on. Not only can you expect good things, but the best part is you can expect good people, from the owner to the delivery people. A  warm thank you to the Duvals, from the Beauchamps.

The Duval Group

 

The plethora of new, shiny, modern condominiums in the city begs the question: where can you find furniture that fits the unique style of your new home?

The Duval Group brings you directly to the best that Europe and Latin America have to offer in terms of quality and artistic style, without the large retail mark-ups of higher end boutiques.

Tucked away on 160 Pearl Street in the Financial District, the humble Manhattan warehouse (ergo the reasonable prices) is representative of multiple designers and furniture pieces. From Brazilian reclaimed wood to lacquered black surfaces, modern furniture lovers are sure to find something to capture their hearts.

Emil, its owner, is charming, patient and extremely well-versed in the products of over 100 high-end manufacturers, from sofas you may only see in Dwell Magazine or truly unique dining room chairs considered a find in Soho showrooms. Lala, his assistant, is a gem and always brings a smile.

Why limit yourself? For a similar price, you can find great value, outstanding service and true talking pieces that are worthy of finding a home in your apartment. If you go, tell them Ana Maria sent you and they’ll treat you like family.

The Duval Group
160 Pearl Street, 5th Floor
Financial District
(877) 499-5873