Design and product collaboration lead to creative inspiration
Principal of the Atlanta, GA-based Design Galleria Kitchen and Bath Studio, Matthew Quinn has worked around the world, creating original and memorable living spaces. “I work hard to avoid designing by formula; it is important to me that the kitchen represent my client’s soul, not mine,” he stresses. The recipient of numerous national design awards, he won the grand prize of the international Sub-Zero and Wolf Kitchen Design Contest.
In addition to co-owning Design Galleria Kitchen and Bath Studio and the Matthew Quinn Collection, a boutique decorative hardware showroom concept, Quinn also remains active in product design. His hunt more than a decade ago for a freestanding tub led to a collaborative design with MTI Baths, with a line of sinks following. “By this time, I was addicted to product design, as it was another creative outlet and provided products for my projects that were innovative and unique,” notes Quinn. He has since created products for Reveal Designs/Sun Valley Bronze, Francois & Co., Art for Everyday, Julien, The Rubinet Faucet Co., AKDO and LaCornue.
“All of my licensed products have been designed so that the designer can take them and put their own spin on them with the use of multiple finish, texture, configuration and size options,” he remarks. “It makes me so happy to see other designers using my designs in applications that I had never imagined.”
