Founded by designer and creative director Fredrik Carlström, Austere creates heirloom-quality furniture and accessories shaped by Scandinavian design and careful craftsmanship. The company began as a Scandinavian design showroom in Los Angeles and New York before developing its own collections, including furniture made through its partnership with Tre Sekel Möbelsnickeri. Austere’s work emphasizes material, construction, and durable joinery, with recent pieces designed for Stockholm Stadshotell and other interiors.
SeitzBorn in the Alps and led by designers Kevin Seitz and Rob van Wyen, Seitz makes pared-back furniture shaped by Swiss craft and a slower approach to living. The studio works from a former 1910 babka factory in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, while its workshop in Muotathal produces furniture that qualifies for the Swiss Made label. Its collection is designed with honest materials and lasting use in mind.BROOKLYN, NY
CivilCivil is a third-generation Norwegian furniture maker producing Scandinavian designer furniture through collaborations with contemporary designers and European artisans. Its handmade pieces are sold direct from the maker, with a focus on long service life, replaceable parts and a circular approach to furniture. The company’s roots reach back to the 1950s, when the founder’s grandfathers began making furniture in Norway.NEW YORK, NY
Hudson Furniture IncFounded by designer Barlas Baylar in 2004, Hudson Furniture creates large-scale, sculptural furniture and lighting by hand through an artisan team in its New York atelier. Drawing on Art Deco, nature and architecture, Baylar develops each design as functional sculpture, with one-of-a-kind pieces such as the Grolier dining table made for generations of use. The company has since expanded to worldwide showrooms and creative partnerships including Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford.NEW YORK, NY
VOLK FurnitureFrom a Brooklyn Navy Yard cabinet shop to a Red Hook studio, VOLK Furniture creates contemporary furnishings and objects shaped by simplicity, playful utility, and careful craft. Owner and designer Brian Volk-Zimmerman launched the studio’s first collection in 2012, drawing on a family furniture-making tradition that reaches back to his great-great-great-great grandfather, John Volk. Each piece is intended as a timeless object valued for generations.BROOOKLYN, NY