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"As a thin layer of snow begins to blanket the beachy town of Bridgehampton, New York, designer Maximilian Eicke\u2019s studio and work space\u2014with its white walls, white toolbox, white ladder (two, actually)\u2014feels like a perfect match for the palette out the window. \u201CThis is an experiment,\u201D Eicke says of yet another white object\u2014a slick alabaster frame with two faux marble blocks suspended in the middle. They\u2019re held in place, it turns out, by some mighty magnets. \u201CIt\u2019s a levitating shelf.\u201D Dozens of other equally inventive furnishings fill the stark space\u2014a sofa hewn from a two-ton hunk of stone, a chair composed of five triangular pieces of wood, a cantilevered table balanced on a hand-carved marble cylinder.\n\nShould you take the ten-minute drive to Sag Harbor, you\u2019ll find a selection of the same intensely modern chairs and tables displayed alongside antique architectural elements and oil paintings in the store that Eicke\u2019s parents ran for almost 25 years. But prompted by a recent move back to their native Germany, the couple have handed over the business to their son, who will soon trade its Main Street storefront for an at-large operation based between Europe, Indonesia, and his pared down Bridgehampton studio. \n\nView Slideshow1 / 10In the stark showroom space on the first floor of Maximilian Eicke\u2019s Bridgehampton, New York, studio, a 20th-century oil painting by Ursula Hasse and a 19th-century verde antico mantel from his parents\u2019 collection mix in with his teak lounge chair, Quincy desk, Check stone sofa (which weighs in around two tons), and levitating marble shelf.\n\n\u201CHe hates when I say it, but my style has developed out of a complete rebellion against what my father does,\u201D says Eicke, who gravitates towards straight-lined Bauhaus- and De Stijl\u2013influenced furnishings with riffs on Marcel Breuer\u2019s Wassily chair and Gerrit Rietveld\u2019s Red Blue number. Finally, in his Bridgehampton studio, that modern sensibility has a bit of space to breathe. While most of Eicke\u2019s production takes place in Indonesia, where he works closely with hand-selected woodworkers and other artisans, this is a spot for him to sketch, create renderings, dream up concepts for Prouve-inspired prefabricated houses, or construct a set piece\u2014he\u2019s just completed an neoclassical fa\u00E7ade for his booth at the Architectural Digest Home Show. It also serves as both a warehouse and a showroom for his completed pieces. And while painting everything white might be another form of rebellion for Eicke, he\u2019s certainly had a little help accessorizing; adding a bit of warmth to the clean space are 20th-century oil paintings, primitive African masks, and antique architectural features like a verde antico mantel and a mahogany door from the Savoy Hotel in London. \n\n\u201CI needed my own space,\u201D Eicke says. \u201COver there it\u2019s a lot of mix and match, which sells my stuff, but I wanted those clients who really love [my designs] to see the individual pieces. I needed something very different for my furniture to shine. I need it to be me.\u201D"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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