What they are saying…
“Designed to resemble a glamorous and chic apartment, this Penn Quarter Paean offering the best in high design peddles the last design stars from Marcel Wanders to Marc Newson.
Discovery Shanghai
“This swank housewares showroom describes itself as appealing to Frank Gehry fans, and almost everyone else who wants a leg up on the latest in furnishings and accessories is not likely to be disappointed. If you’re looking for pieces or just ideas to give your own house a hip, downtown look, look no further.
Fodor’s
“Apartment Zero has been bringing in the big boys for years: Marcel Wanders, Jonathan Adler, Karim Rashid. But it has always been before they morphed into design juggernauts. So when Douglas Burton and Christopher Ralston announced they would be bringing Australia’s Fink and Co. to town this month, the modernist masses took note. Collaborating with the Embassy of Australia, visitors are invited to the embassy’s gallery to view an array of Fink products while a selection of the same goods is spotlighted in AZ’s showroom.
DC Magazine
“It makes sense that this distinctive store is situated among notable art museums…in fact, you’re bound to learn as much about modern design as you would any art museum. Consider it DC’s MOMA, without the long lines to get in, and you get the opportunity to own the design icons on display.
Eat.Shop
“Douglas Burton, one of the owners of Apartment Zero, a design gallery in Washington, made a pass through Eindhoven for the store’s show of Dutch design pieces last year. Apartment Zero stocks pieces by Eindhoven graduates. “People don’t understand it, but are interested in exploring it”, Mr. Burton said. If Eindhoven is becoming more practical, he said, it reflects the new manufacturers in the Netherlands and their hunger for unfettered, but buildable designs.
The New York Times
“Giving the honorees of the National Design Awards the stage, or at least putting a few of them on the same panel for an hour, has occurred to Douglas Burton owner of Apartment Zero, the downtown design gallery. He has staged a series of design events in partnership with embassies and museums, including a month-long festival of avant-garde Dutch design last year. This Spring, Burton organized a symposium and reception that was co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates, the Parson’s School of Design and the Cooper-Hewitt. Last Month Burton wrote to the Cooper-Hewitt to offer help in expanding the event. “What better place to do that than the nationals capital, he said. ”
The Washington Post
“Douglas Burton and Christopher Ralston opened Apartment Zero in Washington DC’s 7th street arts district 10 years ago, almost nobody inside the beltway was campaigning for contemporary design. So the duo joined forces, and like seasoned lobbyists, they pressed their case by offering sleek pieces from Droog to Tom Dixon to Vitra. Early next year, they will reopen with a new location, continuing the museum-quality exhibitions and lectures they are known for, such as this Spring’s Foodjects, curated by Spain’s Martin Azua, which imported an array of Spanish tabletop design to the U.S. in its world premier.
Surface
“Washingtonians need not go to New York for their design fix. Apartment Zero stands in as a contemporary design museum in a city where Corinthian columns are still the order of the day. The refreshing emporium pulls no punches with up-to-the-instant home furnishings curated from around the globe.
House Beautiful