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August 4, 2020

What They’re Specifying: 4|MATIV

The Brooklyn designers curate a selection of their favorite products for residential and commercial projects.

By: Metropolis Editors

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Left to right: 4|MATIV’s founders, the interior designer Esther Beke and architect Priya Patel Courtesy 4MATIV

“Our design language is filled with lightness and youth. Fixtures and furniture that are easy on the eyes, but also functional.”

Simplicity and suitable character as well as genuine curiosity are guiding principles in the award-winning residential, commercial, and education projects by 4|MATIV, the Brooklyn, New York–based practice founded by Venezuelan born interior designer Esther Beke and Kenyan-born architect Priya Patel.

Here, the twosome select some of their favorite products for outfitting an interior.

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