Stories & Press
Writing from the studio, conversations with makers, and the work as it travels out into the world.
Volk
While furniture has always been a part of his family’s history, Brian Volk has forged a path to discovering a design language that is entirely his own through art, music and fabrication. Now with a newborn son…
Wolfum
Textile Designer and Graphic Artist, Alhambra, CA
Workstead
WorkOf Studio Stories: Workstead It’s that time again! At WorkOf we love to connect you directly with the best independent brands to discover and shop the world's most exceptional products, all in one place. We are…
WRK-SHP
A multi-disciplinary collaborative, Los Angeles, CA
COIL + DRIFT
Whether dancing or designing - Coil + Drift founder, John Sorensen-Jolink, is concerned most fundamentally with objects in space and how they relate to one another. Though, at face value this…
ASHER ISRAELOW
Asher israelow and his team of craftsman are obsessive, and they like it this way. From concept to completion, each step in their process is meticulous and each new piece is born from the material…
HUY BUI
Architecture? Sculpture? Decor? None of these terms quite do justice to what Plant In City’s Huy Bui creates in his Brooklyn studio. Bui is a designer and artist who became an architect after a stint…
BOWER
Tammer Hijazi and Danny Giannella, the design duo behind acclaimed Brooklyn studio Bower, are doing their own thing. In a day and age when everyone has access to everything it’s a tall order to find…
LIGHT + LADDER
In an understated, sun-filled loft on the Greenpoint waterfront, Farrah Sit and her team are quietly building the business that she always aspired to work at. Having spent years designing for the…
ALLIED MAKER
In the beginning, Ryden Rizzo was a team of one. “I started my company in 2013, when I was still in school,” he says. “I was doing a project, making a new object every week, and initially, I’d…
PELLE
Since leaving their day jobs as architects to found their namesake studio, Jean and Oliver Pelle, turned what were once several smaller studios into a burgeoning company headquarters. With a singular…
CHRIS EARL
Furniture Designer and Chef, Los Angeles, CA Chris Earl is a furniture builder, designer, and chef, based in Los Angeles that is dedicated to bringing a sense of timeless beauty, grace, and lasting…