About R & Company
For over 20 years, R & Company has championed collectible design, advancing the contemporary marketplace and actively growing a global collector base and clientele. Its founders, Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman, are widely recognized for identifying rising talent, deepening scholarship about collectible design, and developing new avenues for growth in the industry.
The gallery is committed to nurturing and sustaining the markets and careers of both emerging and established designers, as well as to maintaining and expanding commercial and academic interest in historical design. Its roster features a wide range of designers from around the globe, including Wendell Castle, Rogan Gregory, Greta Magnusson Grossman, the Haas Brothers, Serban Ionescu, Hun-Chung Lee, Joyce Lin, Roberto Lugo, Richard Marquis, Jolie Ngo, Sayar & Garibeh, Katie Stout, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Jeff Zimmerman, among others. Through its acclaimed exhibitions, publications, and fair presentations, the gallery has become a sought-after leader in the field, fostering relationships with an array of collectors, cultural leaders, dedicated patrons, and scholars.
R & Company maintains a dynamic space in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. Located at 82 Franklin Street, the gallery presents an active program of solo and thematic exhibitions, alongside rotating interior environments featuring designers represented by R & Company. Recognized as an important place of discovery, the gallery showcases the transformative possibilities of shaping environments through design.
R & Company also houses permanent library and archives collections, containing approximately 10,000 books, periodicals, catalogs, drawings, models, and other design-related ephemera spanning from 1900 to the present. The Library and Archives are central to the gallery’s mission to preserve and document the history of collectible design while serving as a valuable resource for its international clientele and the broader community.
In addition to groundbreaking onsite exhibitions, R & Company engages in a broad range of external programs. Meyers and Snyderman played integral roles in the creation and growth of Design Miami/, and continue to participate in multiple international art and design fairs each year. The R & Company team also works with collectors, interior designers, and architects to curate living environments within private residences and commercial spaces. Meyers and Snyderman frequently participate in talks, panels, and other public engagements and aim to provide platforms for new voices.
R & Company is committed to expanding holdings of design within encyclopedic and contemporary museum collections across the globe. Meyers and Snyderman’s vision and passion for expanding the buying audiences for collectible design has driven the creation of a robust market and shaped the dialogues and study of design. Their gallery continues to serve as a critical platform for experiencing twentieth and twenty-first-century objects and for discovering innovative, rare, and significant design.