Born 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.
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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
Atelier 1987Born in Brooklyn in the summer of 2014, Atelier 1987 is a furniture studio known for sustainable, handmade work with a sculptural character. Its pieces bring the irregular beauty of wood into distinctive forms for interior spaces.EASTON, MD
Sawkille CoFounded by owners Jonah Meyer and Tara DeLisio, Sawkille Co. designs and makes distinctive furniture in Kingston, New York. Meyer, a RISD-trained artist with roots in painting and sculpture, developed the company’s seating vocabulary from early twig-and-root chairs into crisp contemporary forms, while DeLisio guides its creative direction and business. Their work draws on historic traditions alongside experimental and personal influences, with hand-chased silver details adding an especially unusual dimension to selected pieces.RHINEBECK, 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