Business of Home

Winter 2018 | Issue 6

The farm-to-table movement turned chefs into celebrities and encouraged us to find out who is making our food. So, too, is the modern maker movement putting artisans on the map and reigniting a passion for a deeper connection to the objects we bring into our homes. In this issue, we celebrate craft in an exploration of how and where artisans are carving out communities for themselves, and the unique challenges they face along the way.

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Features

Four communities putting the handmade back on the map

Small-batch everything is having a moment. It’s happening in food, fashion—and home furnishings. Artisans in four places where craft is flourishing today share what it means to commit to making things the old-fashioned way.

BY Mieke ten Have

How new furniture brands are bringing the fast-fashion ethos into the home

With the advent of fast fashion, clothing became on-trend, affordable—and ultimately disposable. Now, a new breed of quick-ship ventures is using that same model to upend the furniture industry.

BY Jorge S. Arango

Why brands are returning to “Made in America” manufacturing

Manufacturing is slowing being re-shored to the United States. As production costs rise abroad, the allure of “Made in America” grows.

BY Katy B. Olson

Apprenticeship programs nurture the next generation of artisans

Without new workers rising through the ranks, craft would be in crisis. Companies making handcrafted home furnishings are leading the way in shaping the next generation.

BY Kaitlin Petersen

Departments

St. Frank, Holly Hunt and more opening doors this season

The season’s newest showrooms and storefronts.

Tiny heirlooms: Furniture for kids that they’ll never outgrow

The new kid’s room is as unique, bright, and imaginative as the child it’s made for—a fitting upgrade for modern families.

Gallery wall or statement piece?

Robert Stilin and Shawn Henderson (friends and office neighbors with studios down the hall from one another) duke it out on how to live with the art they love—layered, salon-style gallery walls or singular statement pieces.