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TALKING IN THE LIBRARY WITH DESIGNER

It’s been back up and running since late January, but this Saturday, the Red Bank Public Library plans to hold a grand reopening to mark the completion of a $1.6 million renovation.

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The interior design of the facility was done by Globus Design Associates, a three-person firm that specializes in library and museum work and is one of the field’s more accomplished practitioners in this part of the country. It also just happens to be based right here in Red Bank, just a few blocks east of the library. Firm principal Suzan Globus of Fair Haven, a past president of both the American Society of Interior Designers and its New Jersey affiliate, founded the firm 18 years ago.

redbankgreen spoke recently with Globus about her work on the project. We met in the former Eisner family living room, now the home of the New Jersey collection, which Globus calls “one of the most beautiful public spaces in Red Bank. I just can’t think of another interior in Red Bank equal to this one.”

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How did you come to this specialty?

I was a journalist, and had reached my life goal by the ripe age of 25; that was to become a newspaper editor [at a weekly shopper on Long Beach Island]. Along the way I had written sports, I had written for magazines, I had written for TV and for a member of Congress, and the only thing I hadn’t done was to write a book. But I quickly realized I didn’t know anything about anything but writing, and who wants to read that book?

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So I decided I should go pursue another interest and then write a book about it, and that led me to a one-year course in interior design, and I loved it. So I said, ‘I’m going to do this properly,’ and I went on to get another four-year degree in interior design, and became qualified by the National Council for Interior Design. [The book idea, she says, fell to the wayside.]

I worked for an office furniture supplier initially, and was thinking of leaving to start my own practice when the director of purchasing for the Ocean County Library, which is the largest system in the state, told me that they were planning a major expansion. They gave me a contract for ‘colors’ I specified the carpets and the paints. But when I looked at the floor plans, I thought they could accomplish what they wanted with less furniture. So I redesigned the interiors and called the library director up and said, ‘I know you didn’t hire me to do this, but I just want to spend a couple of minutes with you and show you where you can save some money.’ They saved enough on the first building to pay my contract, so they hired me for three more libraries with expanded responsibilities.

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What’s the difference between decorating and interior design?

Interior decorating is just on aspect of interior design, which involves space planning, ergonomics, lighting, environmental concerns a lot of aspects besides just,’ Oh, it looks beautiful’ or ‘I really like it.’ It encompasses all the knowledge available to create a specific environment.

How does library interior design differ from any other kind?

To me, library design, especially public library design, is so exciting because there’s no ’standard’ client. Users range in age from infants in carriages to senior citizens, and they have different information needs. You have to design with universality in mind. Some people come to the library just to be around other people, or because it’s a safe haven. You need to create a variety of spaces so people with all needs and from all walks of life can feel comfortable.

Realtors say the second-most-asked question, behind ‘How are the schools?’ is ‘Is the library good?’ I just think that’s so telling. People really take pride in their community, and many feel that the library represents the epitome of their town.

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