is an award-winning interior and industrial designer. Born in 1964 in New Jersey, he has always lived in the New York metropolitan area. Currently his studio is located in New York City. As an interior designer Mr. Allen achieved prominence in 1994 for his interior design of Moss, a design gallery in New York. A more recent design for the Japanese clothing retailer, Hushush, has expanded to a chain of more than 100 stores. As a product designer he has worked for a very impressive group of clients including Warner Bros., Umbra, Magis, Aveda, Ikea, and Steuben. Mr. Allen has received numerous awards and his work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Denver Museum of Art.
is the name of one of the objects of a series of wall hooks called “Reality” based on highly detailed casts of designer Harry Allen’s hands. It makes the obvious association between a wall hook and a hand. Hooks hold things – as do hands! The result is a surrealistic, yet functional new object for the home. Shown here is Come ‘ere which features a beckoning index finger. All Hand Hooks are Gypsum White in colour and come with fixings. The first series of Harry Allen products is called Reality. We have shown various uses for this but let your imagination run riot. Dimensions: size of a full scale male hand.