CROSBY STUDIOS’ CREATIVE PRACTICE SPANS A BROAD RANGE OF TYPOLOGIES, INCLUDING PUBLIC SPACES, PRIVATE RESIDENCES, RETAIL STORES, PRODUCT DESIGN, AND FASHION AND ART COLLABORATIONS, AND IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS, OFTEN CREATED THROUGH THE LENS OF RADICAL DESIGN. IN 2017, NURIEV HELD HIS FIRST MUSEUM SOLO EXHIBITION AT DALLAS CONTEMPORARY, AND HAS SINCE COLLABORATED WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTIST LIAM GILLICK AND ARCHITECT REM KOOLHAAS’S OMA, CRAFTED A LIMITED EDITION HOME GOODS COLLECTION AND POP-UP INSTALLATION FOR OPENING CEREMONY, DESIGNED A SEASONAL CAFÉ AND COMMUNITY SPACE FOR DOVER STREET MARKET PARIS, AND JOINED FORCES WITH NIKE TO CREATE A FURNITURE COLLECTION FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW AIR MAX 720 SNEAKER. FOR DESIGN MIAMI/ IN DECEMBER OF 2019, NURIEV RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE BALENCIAGA SOFA, A CONCEPTUAL, SUSTAINABLE FURNITURE INSTALLATION DESIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FRENCH FASHION HOUSE, BALENCIAGA, AND HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE BRAND. CROSS-POLLINATING HIS RESPECTIVE ART, DESIGN, FASHION, AND ARCHITECTURE PRACTICES, NURIEV IS KNOWN FOR CREATING SCULPTURAL FURNITURE COLLECTIONS PRESENTED WITHIN IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS THAT OFTEN BLEND MATERIAL, VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITIES. HIS RECENT WORK HAS SHIFTED TO INCORPORATE DIGITAL PRACTICES, INCLUDING DIGITAL SPACES FOR VALENTINO AND NIKE, AND FOR THE COVERS OF HYPEBEAST MAGAZINE, VOGUE, AND ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST. MORE RECENTLY, NURIEV UNVEILED AN EXPLORATIVE, VIRTUAL SHOWROOM FOR HIS NEW LIFESTYLE AND HOME GOODS BRAND, CROSBY STUDIOS HOME, LAUNCHED ALONGSIDE HIS NEW MIXED USE DESIGN HEADQUARTERS AND COMMUNITY SPACE, CROSBY STUDIOS STORE; LAUNCHED CROSBY CAFÉ, A MIXED-USE, SEASONAL LOUNGE SPACE AND CAFÉ PRESENTED AT 35/37 BY DOVER STREET MARKET PARIS; AND PRESENTED A NEW BODY OF IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS AT DESIGN MIAMI/ 2021 IN BOTH BASEL AND MIAMI BEACH.
