text by JEFF RIAN Barlas baylar grew up running around his family’s factories, which created machinery. He later focused his attention on modern design; this he took further in his studies in Brazil and London, eventually bringing the seeds planted in his childhood surroundings to fruition in his East Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based company, Hudson Furniture, Inc., established in 2004. His furnishings are very much influenced by the line of thinking that emerged in the late sixties — witness the sleek, primary-shaped minimalism, and raw organic materials that he synthesizes into painstakingly handcrafted slab tables, consoles, beds, side-tables, mirrors, sofas, and elegantly drooping nickel-chain chandeliers. His preferred materials are claro walnut, acacia, and petrified wood, and molded steel, silver, and bronze. Using state-of-the-art hand-craftsmanship, he reveals the grain and contours of the wood and the natural textures and densities of the graphite steel handles that hang from panels, the solid-cast silver feet…