Well before collectible design was established as a genre, there was Ralph Pucci. The New York gallerist, who has been an active force in the city’s creative scene since the 1970s, operates his eponymous furniture and lighting gallery from an unbelievable penthouse loft in the heart of Manhattan’s Flatiron district. It is filled with an array of statement-making pieces from designers as far-reaching as Hervé van der Straeten, India Mahdavi, Vladimir Kagan and Jens Risom, as well as a growing collection of collaborative pieces made at its in-house sculpture studio and furniture workshop. A visit to the unprecedented space, its home since 1992, underscores just how unique the Ralph Pucci enterprise is.
