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1. ZUCKERMAN AND BERGEN WITH THEIR CHILDREN,
ETHAN, MAYA, AND NOAH (FROM LEFT). 2. SUPERFLOWER’S
LOTUS WALLPAPER. 3. PARADISE. 4. THE ENTRY FEATURES and French woodblock prints, as well as the Japanese ikebana
ZUCKERMAN’S 2009 PHOTOGRAPH OF A GRIZZLY scrolls the couple collects.
BEAR AND SUPERFLOWER’S CANNONBALL PATTERN.
“This project had a lot to do with ikebana and these incredibly

4 odd arrangements of flowers,” says Zuckerman, who developed
the designs over the years, in between work for clients such as
Apple, Puma, and BMW. “I started thinking about the idea of the
‘superflower,’ digitally compositing multiple species together and
then putting it in repeat.” The project was a natural fit for Bergen,
who had worked for years as a do-it-all design assistant to home
textiles–and–accessories maven Sandy Chilewich. “Andrew and I
always had this dream of working together,” Bergen says. “And
I had experience in how to make products.”
For the couple, installing the wallpaper in their own home
was by far the most radical step they’ve taken in the four or so
years since they moved into the building, which was designed
by AD100 architect Steven Harris. Not that things had remained
static. “I’d come home and it was like, ‘Where’s that picture?’ ”
Bergen says of Zuckerman’s habit of constantly reconfiguring
furniture and art. According to him, it’s all about “reactivating”
the things they’ve collected over the years, from a rare Polaris
lamp by the Italian group Superstudio to a small wood cabinet by
sculptor Ralph Dorazio, whom the couple became close to before
his death. Indeed, many of the artworks and objects are by PAINTING: CHRISTOPHER ASTLEY; WALLPAPER: COURTESY OF THE COMPANY
friends, including Christopher Astley, Adam Fuss, Bec Brittain,
and Bjarke Ingels, who codesigned the living room’s KiBiSi
Brick sofa in custom colors.
“Everything in the apartment has a story, a certain richness,
and there’s a conversation with what’s next to it,” says Zuckerman.
The wallpaper just adds another dimension, while making the
apartment “feel really homey for the first time,” he says, vowing
to live with things as they are for a while. “Or I might change
something tomorrow.” —STEPHEN WALLIS