News

Today I learned of Tobias Wong’s passing, and can’t shake the feelings of shock and sadness. He was only 35. Tobi had an unmatched ability to re-mix cultural artifacts, making objects that comment on our society and explore the notion of value. He was the master craftsman of humor, beauty, and wit. When Kegan and I [...]

News

photo by Jacob Krupnick Design Glut is a very small company of 2 people. We’d gotten pretty comfortable with that, until our latest adventure. As we curated and organized a show during Design Week called Uncomfortable Conversations, all of a sudden we were working very closely with a group of 15 designers and 6 sponsors. There were [...]

News

Come to our show! We’ve curated an offsite event at ICFF this year, with 15 participating designers. More at uncomfortabledesign.com. We believe it’s the role of creatives to start the uncomfortable conversations that cause people to grow. “A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing [...]

News

IT’S OFFICIAL – NY DESIGN SEASON IS HERE. We went over to DUMBO yesterday to check out BKLYN Designs, which every May is the event that kicks off a flurry of design and furniture shows. BKLYN Designs goes all weekend, and we highly recommend going to check it out! Here are our top picks from the [...]

Press

Press

Interviews

TENET is an indie pop-up shop bringing men’s fashion to the celebrated skiing and shopping town of Aspen, Colorado. Offering both established and emerging labels, founders Jesse Warren and Josh Warren set out to open a lifestyle store for the high season. This proved to be no easy task, and it makes for a great [...]

Press

Interviews

Nervous System harnesses the power of algorithms to create incredibly beautiful jewelry. I was fascinated when I read on their site: “We create our designs through an iterative and experimental process. After brainstorming an initial concept, we write a pattern-generating algorithm in the computer through which we further explore our ideas and ultimately create the finished [...]

Press

Time Out asked us to think up a new use for doorknobs. Always up for a challenge, we looked to find a new place where something that size, shape, and material would be completely functional. That’s where the candlestick idea came from. A brass doorknob, when turned vertical, is really pretty similar to an old [...]

Interviews

Ben Kaufman is a 22-year-old serial entrepreneur. Who knew that was even possible? His newest venture, Quirky, enables anyone with a good idea to get it manufactured. Even better, anyone who helps develop the product – whether than means picking the color or designing the logo – gets a royalty percentage. Sound too good to [...]

Interviews

Lichen creates sustainably-minded housewares and accessories that beg to be touched – whether it’s enjoying the tactile quality of felt, or playing with the movable magnetic parts that many of their products feature. The beauty of trade shows is getting to see these kinds of objects in person. Rounding out our coverage of last week’s [...]