For this year’s What’s New What’s Next, we invited WNWN Ambassador Patrick Fox of Easton Gray Studio to explore the showroom and share the pieces that drew him in. There were no talking points and no preselected highlights. Just the simple act of looking, responding, and allowing intuition to lead.
Patrick has a patient eye. He pays attention to the way materials behave under light, to forms that reveal themselves slowly, to the quiet detail that lingers in the periphery. That sensibility guided his choices.
1. The Louver Sideboard
Patrick paused in front of the Louvered Sideboard by San Francisco-based furniture and lighting designer John Liston almost immediately. He didn’t rush to describe what he liked. He just took it in.
“I love how the louvers shift when the doors move,” he said. “The form never sits still. It feels like it breathes.”
The contrast between the cool metal surface and the warm wood wrapping the sides gives the piece balance. The industrial tone never becomes cold because the warmth is always present. It is a piece that evolves with use and, in doing so, becomes part of how a space lives.
2. The Fuego Oval Dining Table
Further in, Patrick stopped at the Fuego Oval Dining Table by Powell & Bonnell. At first glance, the table seems straightforward. A graceful silhouette, a generous surface. But then your eye settles on the base.
“The base is what centers the room,” Patrick said. “It is sculptural without making a spectacle of itself.”
There is a quiet confidence to the piece. It carries the room with ease, leaving space for conversation, light, and movement around it. Patrick smiled when he noted that the designer is Canadian.
“I’m married to a Canadian, so there’s a bit of affection in that connection too.”
It is a reminder that design is never just visual. It is personal memory, emotion, and narrative.
3. The Dino Mirror
The Dino Mirror was his final stop.
“Across the room, I was sure this was stretched leather,” he said. “Then you get closer and realize it’s concrete. That shift is what makes it so compelling.”
The mirror plays with perception. It softens what is rigid, warms what is cool, and invites the viewer closer. It does not insist on attention, but it rewards it.
The Thread Between Them
What ties all of Patrick’s selections together is curiosity. None of these pieces are what they seem at first glance. They each play with material, form, and feel in a way that makes you want to touch them, walk around them, and really see them.
They are pieces you live with, not just look at.
If you missed WNWN, click here for a walk-through with Patrick. And if you want to see these in person, come by the showroom. We'd love to have you.
Also, please give Patrick a follow on Instagram @iampatrickfox