Last week I celebrated not only my 50th birthday, but also the 50th birthdays of many talented creatives from the New York City art and design community. Collected here are some of the very special commentaries on these incredible thinkers and artists, who all contributed an art pigeon (gotta click through to read more on that one!) to a scholarship silent auction, up at my shop through the end of the month.
Heads-up: ***secrets contained inside** regarding what biz practice was my original bread and butter, the amount of product pitches I receive daily, and hints at some upcoming, as-of-now under wraps licensing projects.
"The maker movement is all around us. It is a part of the shift toward re-humanization (versus automation), authenticity (versus the ethos of “mass market”), and the value of individuality (versus homogeneity). And we’re privileged to be a part of it." - Michele Varian
Above, our spun metal light fixutres being made exclusively for us!
In beautiful ways, being a micro-manufacturer and small business sole proprietor has created economical parameters that guided me toward creative options I wouldn’t have otherwise pursued. It’s serendipity at its finest.
