Actor and former NFL player Terry Crews has launched a new furniture collection.
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The collection, designed for Bernhardt Design, debuted this month at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York.
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Crews has had multiple careers, including NFL linebacker, artist, TV host and actor in popular films and TV shows, such as "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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Crews has a background as an artist, previously working as a courtroom sketch artist in Flint, Michigan.
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His sketches provided the foundation for the collection.
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"My first sketches were absolutely crazy, because I didn't really have any furniture design training, but what I discovered was that what my furniture needed was a story, a narrative," says Crews.
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His collection was inspired by the idea of modernizing ancient Egyptian culture for a contemporary context.
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The budding designer joins the ranks of Yves Béhar, Jaime Hayon, Ross Lovegrove and many other design-world heavyweights as a contributor to Bernhardt's extensive portfolio of furniture and textiles.
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"To me, design is about idealization," says Crews, "finding something and improving it until it gets to its best state."
