George beylerian biography

George Beylerian has been many things—a curator, a collector, an entrepreneur—but perhaps the title he feels most comfortable with, the one that describes what is at the heart of all that he has done, is merchant. The founder of the world’s largest materials resource library, Material Connection, Beylerian’s passion for design began in his 20s.

He had an infamous store on the upper east side called Scarabaeous, where he sold beautiful home furnishings to the likes of Jackie Kennedy. With a penchant for chairs, he started The Beylerian Collection which he sold to Steelcase for whom he was creative director.

And his most recent venture was curating a collection of works by leading Italian designers, from Castiglioni to Lissoni to Magistretti, for a collection called de Gustibus, pieces of tablet design from bud vases to pepper grinders.

We met George in NY and spoke about his roots, Armenian like my own, his first introduction to Italian Design and his love for his work.

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