Karman Ng Designs the Met Home of the Year

Via Metropolitan Home:

Top honors go to Karman Ng for a refreshingly modern design of his Berkeley, CA home that speaks to mid-century sensibilities, cutting-edge trends, artistic expression and most of all the needs of his young family.

When it comes to great design, cutting-edge and family-friendly are rarely associated with one another. Karman Ng, the owner of a fledgling design firm, husband and father, was determined to buck the trend. He aspired to have a home that could, as he says, “Host cocktail parties as easily as it could host slumber parties, and also one that felt warm enough for my family but ‘cool’ enough for our guests.”

It wasn’t easy. At 3,100 square feet, he was poised for an open plan home but with an odd-shaped lot on a downhill slope, the only way to go was a multi-level plan with small rooms. Karmanup for the challengeset forth to maximize each rooms functionality. With designs for clever built-ins, savvy storage solutions, and inventive lighting choices, each room of the home demonstrates careful space planning—plus a keen eye for modernist furnishings and the perfect palette.

The end result is the ultimate haven for his wife, Audrey and 4-year old daughter Madeleine and a home so impressive, so unique, so modern it deserves the coveted title, The Met Home of the Year.

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