De La Espada makes design-led furniture through its dedicated workshop in Portugal, where solid-wood and upholstery work anchors a broader collaboration with artisans and small workshops. Its collections pair contemporary designers such as Neri&Hu and Luca Nichetto with carefully developed pieces, including the Sela seating line, where saddlery meets woodwork.
Sossego Design LLCSossego Design brings modern Brazilian design to handcrafted furniture, lighting, and art, with pieces made by award-winning Brazilian designers and assembled by craftsmen and craftswomen in Southern Brazil. Its work pairs warm native Brazilian wood with a distinctly relaxed, sculptural sensibility, while the company’s IBAMA-audited facility uses 100% sustainably harvested wood. For every wood-furniture piece shipped, Sossego funds the planting of a tree in Brazil.Brooklyn, NY
John Strauss Furniture DesignIn an Ohio workshop, sculptor-trained John Strauss and interior designer Carisa Marie create limited-edition furniture, lighting and sculptural objects for designers, architects and meaningful spaces. Strauss brings more than 30 years of furniture-making experience, while Marie adds two decades in interior design; together, they combine modern technology with traditional joinery and hand finishing. Their work is made in the United States through an atelier of regional craftspeople, including wood specialists in the nearby Amish community, and is individually branded and dated.CANTON, OH
Dowel FurnitureDowel Furniture creates furniture collections in collaboration with interior designers, pairing distinct design viewpoints with direct production through its family-owned factory in the Philippines. The factory has been making fine furniture for more than 30 years, while Dowel offers custom sizing, finish matching and customer-supplied fabric for pieces such as its designer-led tables, seating and pedestals.NEW YORK, NY