Brooklyn-based furniture and custom interiors brand Green River Project showed us what they’re all about this Fall 2019 season of Maison & Objet in Paris.

House Tipster Industry partner and Maison & Objet Global Trend Ambassador Patti Carpenter spoke exclusively with designer Ben Bloomstein of the Green River Project at the show to hear all about the internationally-inspired company, which was first started in 2017.

In addition to displaying key pieces that represent their brand mission, Bloomstein and Green River Project co-founder Aaron Aujla were also honored among six up-and-coming collectives from the United States during this season’s Rising Talent Awards.

One standout piece on display was Green River Project’s natural tea-dyed raffia and coffee-dyed luan wood chair, which gives us a clue into the designers’ creativity.

“The luan we started using about a year ago. We were looking at some of the Bauhaus guys who came to New England, and specifically the houses they made in Cape Cod, Massachusetts,” Bloomstein said. “They used a lot of luan and this more affordable paneling”

“We started just using it as a material, and then we’ve always wanted to use raffia. We’ve seen photos of raffia cushions before, from way back when, and we’ve always wanted to use it. It just came together for this chair.”

The tea and coffee dyes offer up complementary tones that work well with Green River Project’s earthy signature tobacco-brown furniture feel.

Click here to view a full gallery of exclusive event photos from the Rising Talent Awards Fall 2019.

To hear more from Patti Carpenter’s interview with Ben Bloomstein, and see more of Green River Project’s latest pieces, be sure to catch a recap of House Tipster Industry’s Paris live stream in the video player below.

Stay tuned for even more of our upcoming Maison & Objet coverage, including additional exclusive profiles of Rising Talent Award winners. Make sure to also catch every compelling episode of our House Tipster Live series, filmed in Paris.