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BASILE BUILT--The Paul Basile designed bar stool is
from the Broadstone Balboa Park, a designer home project in Park West. The original piece is an example of the
design elements to be featured in Paul Basile’s custom retail operation to open
this Fall. Image: Cory Ring.
Look for top San Diego restaurant
designer Paul Basile to launch his new virtual showroom and retail marketplace
later this fall. Called Basile Built, the new line of his
signature furniture, lighting and accessories, will begin accepting online
custom orders from his collection within the month.
Because
Basile Studio is widely known for turning out some of the city’s most
innovative commercial projects including Quartyard, Car2Go, Broadstone Balboa
Park and award-winning restaurants such as Bankers Hill Bar & Restaurant,
Market and Plan Check, not so many realize Basile began his career fabricating
furniture and staircases.
For
fans who frequent his repertoire of hip restaurants and cocktail bars, a
selection of windows, doors, furniture, lighting and bar accessories from some
of Basile Studio’s most well known projects will now translate to residential
availability.
The
Basile Built collection will include sketched items that have never made it
past the studio cutting room floor, found objects and vintage treasures that
Basile has collected from obscure locations, and unique art works custom made
by Paul himself.
“I
opened Basile Studio in 1994 and in those early years before my restaurant
designing career, I built the foundation of my business on a small line of
handmade furniture so this is really where my passion lies,” he said.
Turnaround
time for these one-of-a-kind pieces will run from 6-8 weeks. Prices will range
from $150 - $10,000+. All orders are based off of current shop drawings with
limited availability for additional customization. For more information or to
browse the Basile Built shop, please
visit www.basilebuilt.com when it goes live in Fall 2015.
MORE ABOUT PAUL BASILE:
With his contemporary industrial style
and detailed craftsmanship, Paul Basile is recognized by many as a pioneer of
the local reclaimed design movement, elevating wood, glass, and steel from
their humble elemental origins to refined works of art.
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| Paul Basile |
After
moving from Detroit to San Diego in the ’90s, the self-taught Basile fashioned furniture
out of discarded rebar, sold the finished product, and never looked back. A
construction foreman by day and furniture craftsman by night, Paul worked
tirelessly as he raised capital to open doors to his first venture, Basile
Gallery.
For
nearly 12 years the design commune was a vehicle for Paul to sell his custom
creations as well as a sanctuary for local artists and craftsman to showcase
their work. While simultaneously running the gallery, Basile also spent time
honing his skills in various areas of interest, growing an impressive resume
with stints as a transportation company owner, nonprofit competition creator,
real estate developer, restaurant owner, general contractor, lighting designer
and sculptor. As requests for one-off projects poured in, each larger in scale
than the last, he increased his focus on building custom architectural details.
Paul
opened doors to Basile Studio in 1994, and it transitioned into a full-service
design and fabrication studio in 2008. Basile’s diverse background, as well as
a perpetual drive to experiment with new materials and styles has given rise to
many of San Diego’s most unique restaurants and retail spaces, each with its
own singular identity but sharing the same signature stamp of functional
minimalism.
ABOUT BASILE STUDIO:
Originally launched in 1994 and
re-concepted into a full-service design and fabrication studio in 2008, Basile
Studio is headquartered in a massive warehouse in San Diego’s thriving East
Village. Specializing in mediums ranging from stainless steel and glass to
concrete and all manners of wood, 20 employees make up one of the city’s most
talented and sought-after design teams, responsible for creating everything
from signage and railing systems to staircases and awnings.
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| Ironside Fish & Oyster Restaurant |
Though
lauded for the sleek, refined look of eateries such as Barrio Logan’s
groundbreaking The Guild as well as Bankers Hill Bar + Restaurant, Little
Italy’s populist-yet-personal Craft & Commerce, the meticulously designed
Ironside Fish & Oyster and nationally renowned craft cocktail haven Polite
Provisions, Basile Studio is not just a restaurant-specific shop. With a
portfolio that includes polished offices (multiple Car2Go locations and Prana
Clothing Headquarters), retail space (22 Core Power Yoga outposts), and custom
projects (everything from towering succulent walls to seating and signage),
Basile Studio has crafted a reputation for being one of Southern California’s
most versatile design/build firms.
Beyond
San Diego, Basile is currently at work on high-profile projects in Los Angeles
(the sophisticated Plan Check restaurant) and Arizona (The Foundry boutique
hotel, where Basile was tapped to curate not just the communal spaces,
guestrooms and restaurant/bar design, but to create custom furniture and
architectural details as well). The studio’s creative vision has been
recognized with numerous awards, including a Citation and Sustainability Award
from the AIA San Diego Chapter for the innovative BLDG on Newton and a record
six Orchid awards by the San Diego Architectural Foundation, which awarded the
Grand Orchid to Craft & Commerce in 2011.
For more on Basile Built go to:
www.basilestudio.com.
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