{"id":263551,"date":"2025-10-03T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=263551"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:03:51","slug":"astraeus-clarke-new-york-chinatown-showroom","status":"publish","type":"id_product","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/products\/astraeus-clarke-new-york-chinatown-showroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Step Inside Astraeus Clarke\u2019s Darkly Divine Showroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 3, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Text: <\/span>Georgina McWhirter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Chelsie Starley<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Step Inside Astraeus Clarke\u2019s Darkly Divine Showroom<\/h1>\n\n\n

The New York showroom of Jacob and Chelsie Starley\u2019s design studio, Astraeus Clarke<\/a>, is darkly divine\u2014which is fitting, considering the brand\u2019s name alludes to the Greek god of stars and twilight. Founded just three years ago making lighting fixtures in Brooklyn, AC has gone from strength to strength; later this year, furniture and objects will round out the catalog. \u201cEach phase of our work\u2014whether lighting or interiors\u2014flows naturally from the last,\u201d notes Chelsie Starley. \u201cThe showroom is the next step.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first collection taking pride of place in the new Chinatown showroom is Darning: tubular-steel sconces and pendants laser-cut with linear perforations that are then threaded with cord in a motif reminiscent of denim topstitching. Animal-hide parchment diffusers add to the rugged western charm (the Starleys\u2019 home state is Utah, where they once salvaged and flipped condemned properties). As for the homey mahogany-and-maroon showroom, it\u2019s laden with personal history, from the mirrored ceiling strewn with hand-cut stars referencing the couple\u2019s surname to a curtain based on the pattern of a family quilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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