The design used a restrained palette of materials, such as large slabs of warm limestone and white walls, and incorporated subtle reveals and sophisticated indirect lighting to create a museum-like setting that puts the focus on the furniture. The interior is arranged not by the ground plane, but rather by the plane of the ceiling. The long volume connecting to 59th Street is broken into a series of barrel vaults, which are a response to the existing building’s arched entry, and the adjoining volume is partitioned into an enfilade. The need for lighting that created subtle, and indirect shadows in the space was a critical criteria that drove the decision towards using Compose, our asymmetric indirect cove lighting luminaire. Due to its Microlensing™ technology, the lighting provides a truly volumetric push of light towards the open plan, thus, eliminating the need for direct lighting without compromising light levels.