Joseph Jaroff pulled from his background as a trained sculptor to collaborate with famed jewelry designer David Yurman (DY) on the door pulls for his Madison Avenue flagship store. The client wanted the look of hand-twisted metal resembling his own artistic aesthetic and suggested they be made of clay. Joseph Jaroff was able to provide an environment where the client helped to create what he envisioned while ensuring that the finished product would be crafted with consistency, as these door pulls ultimately became part of the DY worldwide retail design standard.
For over thirty-eight years, Jaroff Design under the leadership of Joseph Jaroff has provided design and fabrication of custom architectural glass and metal for the construction, architecture, interior design, and art communities.
Joe received a BFA in Metalwork and Sculpture from RIT’s prestigious School for American Craft and studied Art History at Harvard University. During the time he was a student, Joe received several grants for public art projects including those from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council for the Arts.
After graduating, Joe moved to New York City to pursue an art career, supplementing his income with architectural metal and glass design and fabrication work for contractors and commissioned projects. This early work led Joe to the realization that he could fill an unrecognized need within the building and arts community through blending his skill sets of designer, fabricator, coordinator and project orchestrator.
Jaroff Design has developed and realized design solutions for projects by architects such as Tony Chi, Herzog & De Meuron, Richard Gluckmann, Peter Marino, Toshiko Mori, Polshek Partnership Architects, Ennead Architects, S.O.M., Phillipe Stark, Adam Tihany, Annabelle Selldorf, Andrew Berman and The Rockwell Group among many others.
Fashion Clients include showrooms and flagship locations for Armani, Issey Miyake, Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Stella McCartney, Barneys, Louis Vuitton, Van Cleef & Arpels, YSL and Chanel. Fine dining clientele have seen JDwork at Asiate, Le Cirque, The Sea Grill, 11 Madison Avenue, Bruno’s Wine Club, and the Hudson Hotel Bar. Cultural clients include Jazz at Lincoln Center, MOMA PS1, and New York City Center.