When Zack Nestel-Patt first started designing furnishings, it wasn’t for the plenty. It hit nearer to house – his own residence. A touring musician by commerce, Zack’s foray into design began with a single piece he constructed for his front room in Los Angeles. That one-off creation shortly snowballed – first gaining consideration by means of Not Regular Market LA, then evolving right into a full-fledged assortment below his Ah Um Design Studio. Now, with the debut of the Jura assortment at NYCxDesign 2025, Zack is bringing his soulful, texture-driven items to an even bigger stage, proving that the identical rigidity and rhythm that gas his music can simply as powerfully form a room.
Earlier than diving into furnishings, Nestel-Patt’s solely woodworking expertise was crafting hardwood cremation urns – a somber, deeply private place to begin that quietly formed his strategy to design. Whereas the dimensions and performance of his work have shifted, that very same sensitivity carries into his furnishings, the place he’s drawn to the emotional texture of objects. “I’m obsessive about texture, not simply texture as in a tactile facet to a fabric, however texture as an emotional part to designing and residing with objects,” Nestel-Patt shares. “Having the ability to see and really feel the remnants of the palms that made or designed one thing imbues an object with feeling, historical past, and thought.”
It wasn’t lengthy after ending that first piece for his own residence that Nestel-Patt started shaping what would turn into the Jura assortment. The early lineup included a espresso desk, stool, aspect desk, mirror, pedestal, and bench – each reflecting his signature mixture of geometric particulars and wealthy textures. Now, at NYCxDesign, Nestel-Patt unveiled the complete assortment, including a eating chair, aspect desk, membership chair, tiled accent chair, and tiled ground lamp to the household, marking a serious milestone for each Ah Um and its considerate, lived-in strategy to design.
The Jura assortment is as layered in its influences as it’s in texture. Nestel-Patt attracts inspiration from design legends like George Nakashima, Luis Barragán, and J.B. Blunk, however his work steers away from something overly treasured or conceptual. He believes that chairs are supposed to be sat on, tables to be gathered round, lamps to fill an area with mild. Balancing sharp traces with delicate supplies and ease with a contact of the sudden, his items create a quiet rigidity – one which Nestel-Patt hopes, like his music, will momentarily droop you in time and invite a completely immersive expertise as you work together with them.
With the current debut of the complete Jura assortment, Nestel-Patt opens the door to the world he’s been quietly constructing when he’s not penning music. Reasonably than asking you to admire it from afar, he encourages you to return nearer – to note the distinction between one thing that’s solely stunning and one thing that’s meant to be lived with. The key is that Nestel-Patt is aware of the latter is what makes one thing really memorable.
To study extra about Am Um Design Studio’s Jura assortment, go to ahumdesignstudio.com.
Pictures by Ryin Rosenberg.
