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baggu
BAGGU is a small team of designers and entrepreneurs, founded on the principle that good design should be functional, beautiful, and affordable. Their goal is to make basic products that fill lots of uses, not just one, so you can own less stuff. They believe in bright colors, high style, quality materials, and economy of use.
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chimes
Chimes Gourmet began with a vision of bringing healthy specialty food to the mainstream. It all began with Chimes Ginger Chews, the all-natural ginger candy from Indonesia. Their first three flavors, Original, Peanut Butter, and Peppermint, made their debut in 2003.In a world where it becomes increasingly difficult to know what is in our food and where it comes from, Chimes Gourmet aims to bring you ingredients and products that you can trust.
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donna wilson
Donna Wilson set up her company in 2003 after making odd knitted creatures for her final show at the Royal College of Art. The creatures sold out and since then she has grown her business by designing and making a collection of curious cushions, luxurious lambswool blankets, and a variety of products for you and your home. Originally from Scotland, Donna runs a studio and workshop in London.
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eighteenth
Alexa Galler moved to New York a decade ago to attend NYU. After a few years in the workforce, she decided to head to Parsons where she pursued her interest in fashion. All of which accumulated to the start of her own label, Eighteenth, where she explores the design possibilities of the beloved tee.
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furni
Six years ago, Devin Barrette and Mike Giles cashed unemployment checks. Tired of working for the "man", they decided to go at it alone. Using their first deposit check to pay for tools, they rented a small shop and dug in. Luckily for them, Devin’s cabinet making skills and Mike’s interest in simple, modern design gave them a good start with Furni, a custom-made furniture operation. These days, they focus more and more on exploring and creating their own designs. Still very hands on, they go from picking the rough lumber all the way to staining, finishing, boxing, and shipping the final product. They are a two-man operation, and proud of the flexibility and control it gives them over the end-product.
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goodwood design
Furniture designer Garrett Brooks graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2005 with a BA in Furniture Design. In 2008, he established his own studio, Goodwood Design. Since then, he has been designing and building one-off commissions for private collectors. The name “Goodwood Design” was chosen from the simple idea that wood is good – wood being a good natural resource that should be used to make good objects, designed well, built well, so they last for generations.
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help remedies
In 2008, two advertising executives, Richard Fine and Nathan Frank, developed the New York-based Help Remedies. It was their response to the complexity of the American healthcare system. Help Remedies takes the anxiety and confusion out of finding a fix for mundane ailments, and for their help we say thank you.
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hurraw!
Corrie Colbert, with her husband Neil Stuber, moved from New York City to Montana in 2007. Corrie became plagued with really dry lips in Montana’s dry climate and thus became obsessed with finding her perfect lip balm: one that was vegan and made with raw ingredients. She could not find one. So with the support of her husband, she decided to make one. It took her over two years to formulate and perfect the product, Hurraw!
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oom
Hyun Yoo works as an industrial designer at Steelcase, developing innovative office furniture and solutions, while nurturing her own company, OOM, that focuses on designing and producing handmade ceramic ware. All of her products are patiently and meticulously made in her home/work studio that she shares with her furniture designer/maker boyfriend.
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push+pull
Nobuhiro Sato, a native of Japan, received his BFA in Fine Arts from The Kyoto Seika College. Following a stint at a modeling production company in Kyoto, Sato established Pull + Push Products in 2002 with the concept of “Doors” to pull and push new ideas in and out. Utilizing his expertise in cement modeling, he created a whole line of unique products that incorporate architectural elements into our home goods, making them not only decorative, but functional too.
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sam potts
Sam Potts has worked as a designer, teacher, editor, Twitterer, and bicycle mechanic. His design work has been featured in Creative Review, The New York Times, and several books on design. Potts’ design of the storefront, packaging, signage, and publications for the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. has been widely noted. He has also done work for bestselling children's author Jon Scieszka, IFC Center, They Might Be Giants, NYU, many book publishers, and Beck (sort of). He lives in New York City.
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six:15
Six:15 had a humble start in 1998 out of Lynette Simmons’ own home. Dealing with her personal haircare frustrations, she realized her need for a better product. So she developed her own line of hair care products, handmade fresh using only the best possible raw ingredients.
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utility canvas
Started in 1990 by Hal Grano and Jillian Kaufman-Grano, Utility Canvas products are a result of a synthesis of Kaufman-Grano's background in fashion and Grano's appreciation for sturdy, useful canvas bags and clothing during his summers in Maine as a canoe guide. The two found a common passion for canvas, moved to the Hudson Valley, and began living and developing the "utility canvas lifestyle".
Functional, Pretty Things
buy goods to do good. 50% of profit goes to healinghaiti.org and opportunity.org
