Macy’s, Inc.
Before developing his art practice, Vincent Monastero worked as an industrial designer for private and commercial clients in Canada, the United States, and Italy. This led to a job at the Macy’s headquarters in New York, where he designed for several of their private label brands, including Oake and Hotel Collection.
New York
Upon moving to New York, the Vincent’s first project came by way of a commission for a custom chess and furniture set for the newly renovated terrance of a Manhattan Law Firm. Looking to compliment the natural landscaping designed by Nina Kramer Landscape Architecture, Monastero used the surrounding architecture, planting, and work of William Morris to inspire the design of the chess pieces and checker & leaf pattern etched into the surface of the game board. Both the chess set and the supporting furniture were fabricated locally in New York City by Empire Metal and New York Decks.
TREATY
Following a brief internship at Fabrica, the design research center based in Italy, Vincent partnered with former classmate and designer Matthew Cherkas to form Treaty, an experimental product design studio based in their hometown of Toronto. With collaboration support from photographer Babak Khairi and illustrator Mark O’Brien, they produced a mix of contemporary and surreal objects for the home.
FTSOVJM
Early in his design career, Monastero experimented with furniture and housewares as a medium for self expression under the label FTSOVJM (From the Studio of Vincent Joseph Monastero). This curated selection of work spans a period which began during his undergraduate degree at OCAD University, and ends with his move to New York.
