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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Entrepreneurial insights from a woodworker

Chicago-based woodworker Zak Rose has some some great insights about entrepreneurship, such as the value of patience, or doing the simple, physical tasks to give your brain time to work out complex ideas and design. Zak launched his own furniture and cabinetry label in 2010 after seven years of woodworking for a co-op.  Most of

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Do things you love, then hope like hell people like it

Cape Town based designer Liam Mooney never needed to take the leap to independent entrepreneurship—in fact, he’s never worked for anyone but himself.  Liam set up his own design label in 2006 and since then his work...

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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Design combining South African and Scandinavian aesthetic

Pedersen + Lennard is an up and coming design company from Cape Town who’s work reveals a clear fascination with South Africa’s heritage and craft, while remaining true to a clean Scandinavian aesthetic. Luke Pedersen and James...

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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Design inspired by nature

Paula Rodriguez is an interior designer and furniture designer from the Philippines.  Paula graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is currently one of the designers behind the Filipino furniture brand Detalia Aurora....

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