(Journal — Makers)
Five makers we keep coming back to
Sofia Reis
Lead Designer, Lisbon
Makers
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A handful of small workshops make the pieces that turn our rooms into homes. Here are five we return to on almost every project — and why.
Mass-produced furniture fills a room. Made-to-order pieces finish it. We keep a short list of makers whose work we trust completely, and we visit their workshops before every commission.
Who they are
A joiner in Aarhus who builds our tables from a single board wherever he can.
A potter in Lisbon whose glazes change with every firing.
A weaver in Oslo making wool throws on a 1950s loom.
A lighting studio in Copenhagen that still hand-spins its brass shades.
A stone cutter who saves offcuts for side tables and trays.
Why it matters
Working with makers adds weeks to a project, never months, and it means every room has at least one piece no one else owns. That is usually the piece our clients mention first.
Glazes drying in a Lisbon workshop, a week before delivery.
Something made by hand carries the time it took to make. You feel it when you hold it.
Sofia Reis, lead designer
Makers
Written by Sofia Reis
Runs our Lisbon studio. Collects ceramics, fabric offcuts and makers' phone numbers.
An interior studio designing calm homes and small hotels. Nørrebrogade 18, 2200 Copenhagen — also in Oslo and Lisbon.
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