2024-05-05T13:36:40-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150188394/bobby-berk-from-netflix-s-queer-eye-talks-about-his-new-midcentury-furniture-collection Sean Joyner 2020-03-06T14:20:00-05:00 >2020-03-07T08:31:05-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/65/65f5b7452620cb6da07c41418f730a4f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Bobby Berk from Netflix&rsquo;s &ldquo;Queer Eye&rdquo; visited Mathis Brothers Furniture at Irvine&rsquo;s The Market Place on Wednesday to promote his debut furniture collection, Bobby Berk for A.R.T. Furniture. The collection, described as Midcentury styling with nods to Art Deco shapes and Parisian style, features dining room, living room and bedroom pieces.</p></em><br /><br /><p>According to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.arthomefurnishings.com/collections/casegood-collection/bobby-berk?col=landing" target="_blank">A.R.T. Furniture</a>, the collection boasts modular capabilities and captures Berk's "minimalist sensibility with a new mix of materials." As part of the Netflix show, Queer Eye, where each episode features the "Fab Five," a team of gay professionals with expertise in culture, food, fashion, grooming, and interior design provide a complete makeover to a lucky individual on the show. Berk's role usually consists of redesigning the individual's home, but sometimes he provide his expertise in another spatial setting of importance to the person the team is serving.</p>