Founded in 1992 by Brooklyn architect and designer Roberto Gil, Casa Kids is a Red Hook furniture company shaped by practical minimalism and an understanding of urban family life. Its small in-house team designs and builds adaptable children’s furniture locally, creating space-conscious interiors that can evolve as children grow. Casa Kids also offers a ready-made line for families who need its design sooner.
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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
OTTRAFounded by architects Sofia and Adam Zimmerman, OTTRA grew from a side project of their firm, Zimmerman Workshop, into an award-winning Brooklyn furniture studio. Since 2017, the Red Hook shop has made its work to order, collaborating with clients to refine each piece while supporting local suppliers and the neighborhood’s community of artisans. OTTRA received a 2021 NYCxDESIGN Award for Best Staircase.BROOKLYN, NY
David Gaynor DesignFounded in 2010, David Gaynor Design is a Brooklyn Navy Yard design-and-build studio making contemporary furniture with a close eye on materials, scale, and proportion. David Gaynor, a native New Yorker raised in a furniture-manufacturing family and a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, brings that manufacturing background to enduring modern seating and tables, including the Arden case-goods line.BROOKLYN, NY
Uhuru DesignBrooklyn-based Uhuru Design is a New American furniture design firm specializing in bespoke residential and high-end commercial furniture. Founded in 2004, the company built its early identity around sustainable design using reclaimed and found materials, and has since expanded into office furniture. It now serves residential, hospitality, fast-casual, office, co-working, architecture, and interior-design clients.DENVER, PA