Aswoon® | Susan Woods, a brooklyn designer does large-scale jobs like a drop ceiling for a Manhattan nightclub

Brooklyn Daily Eagle
March 16, 2004

Artists for Function

"...Aswoon, which had been emerging organically for several months before the opening of the showroom, already has a few impressive items on its CV, including the raved-about drop ceiling in the downtown Manhattan super-club, Plaid."

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"Aswoon's work at Plaid, the construction of which Woods remembers with more than a single sigh of exhaustion, is an innovative matrix of bowed and latticed wood that seems to splash across the ceiling like a breaking wave.

'Aswoon works on several tiers,' said Woods, who has an impressive CV of her own, including half a lifetime of professional training at renowned institutions like the Montserrat College of Art, the Sculpture Center and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts.

'We have designers who make objects," continued Woods, "We do large-scale jobs like the nightclub which involves several people - from the engineer to CAD workers to craftspeople'..."