COVET NYC
THE HOTTEST NEW DESIGN DESTINATION
IN NEW YORK CITY
fter opening design showrooms in cosmopolitan cities
such as London and Paris, Covet House has now adven-
tured in yet again another thrilling space, offering a new luxury
design experience in the Big Apple with COVET NYC. CovetED
has the incredible pleasure to converse with Ricardo Magalhães,
one of the creative minds behind this project and co-founder of
the multi-specialised Covet Group.
Covet NYC, otherwise known as “The Mansion” was the result
of an outstanding collaboration between Tessler Developments
and Covet House, in one of the most coveting addresses in New
York City, 172 Madison Avenue. According to Magalhães, this
was a fundamental stating project that gave the group the op-
portunity “to be closer to the market, with the reality in terms
of design and the space itself, and the needs of our clients, which
in this case, are mostly interior designers and architects. This al-
lows us to have a more authentic vision regarding the market
and how we can select our products based on its identity but
also taking into consideration functionality and aesthetics, and
putting our own spin into the overall design, thus introducing
added value.”
This new project acts as a global design proposal that has the
main purpose of inspiring an interested audience of industry
professionals or clients, to completely surpass one’s expectations
and fulfil their needs, and as Ricardo Magalhães discloses “the
wow factor comes in to play, and above all, we want people to
live and breathe the space, so they can feel the textures and ma-
terials, and ultimately feel our essence … for us is also important
that they challenge us, we want to listen to our clients, to be
closer with them, to learn more about their expectations … our
projects have an open character, so we always want to do some-
thing different and better”.
The showroom showcases the group’s irreverence and fierce at-
titude towards design where inspiration and creativity are key
to the process. This unique platform provides designers and cre-
ators with the freedom of being inspired by astonishing spaces
and products and then they can eventually translate that beauty
into their own projects.
Ricardo Magalhães
