Founded 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.
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
Aguirre DesignFamily-owned and founded in 2005 by Mauricio Aguirre, Aguirre Design is a New York design studio shaped by collaboration between Mauricio and his sons, Mateo and David. The family develops one-of-a-kind furnishings in Manhattan and has them handmade by artisans in Long Island City, carrying Mauricio’s more than 25 years of experience into contemporary interiors and custom projects.NEW YORK, NY
Waxwing StudioAt Industry City in Brooklyn, Sergey Levchin’s Waxwing Studio makes fine, freestanding furniture designed around the individual client. What began as Levchin’s personal pastime grew into a side gig and then his main work a little over a decade ago, with commissions developed collaboratively from sketches, reference images, or practical requirements. The studio’s work ranges from sculptural standalone pieces to highly tailored furniture that solves the particular needs of a room.BROOKLYN, NY