From Sarah:
Rhode Island School of Design graduates Bill Hilgendorf and Jason Horvath are the founders of Uhuru, a small design shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that makes well-crafted utilitarian products using salvaged and recycled materials.
Above: Beam Coffee Table.
Above: Stoolen Lamp.
From Francesca
Brooklyn-based IceStone, founded by Miranda Magagnini and Peter Strugatz (both former eco-friendly socially responsible venture capitalists), is the first durable surface to receive the McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC)’s Cradle to Cradle certification. Using super green practices, such as soy-based machine lubricants and day lighting, the company recycles 2.6 million pounds of glass a year in its Brooklyn factory. The finished products are as strong as granite but not as porous as marble, making them ideal for kitchen counters, bathroom surfaces, and flooring. View the range at IceStone.
Photo by Laurie Lambrecht for The New York Times.
From Julie and Francesca:
Outfit your kitchen with items sourced from local manufacturers or designers, which abound in Brooklyn.
Above: Brooklyn–based Metropolitan Produce’s Pot and Pan Rack, fashioned from a reclaimed beam inscribed with grooves for kitchen storage and bolted to the wall, is not for the faint of wallet: it’s $3,500. However, it could serve as an inspiration for a DIY project.
Above: Joel Bukiewicz handcrafts professional-grade kitchen cutlery in his Gowanus, Brooklyn, workshop; view his wares at Cut Brooklyn or stop in at his shop in Gowanus. The Brooklyn Kitchen also carries a selection of his sleek knives.
Above: The Brooklyn Kitchen carries traditional, high-quality 2.5mm-thick copper pots made in Brooklyn by Hammersmith Copper; the copper sauce pan shown above sells for $154.95.
Above: Stock your kitchen with reusable Brooklyn Based Market Totes for guilt-free grocery toting; $15 each at Brooklyn Based.
Above: Nature Dishtowels ($34) and Nature Runner ($44) from Brooklyn design shop Simrin; available online at Velocity Art & Design.
Above: Among Williamsburg-based Moon River Chattel’s many offerings are this vintage-looking Roost Clear Glass Cyclinder Lamp, for $165, as well as architectural salvage including lighting, plumbing fixtures and door hardware.
From Julie:
We’ve posted on Brooklyn-based Nightwood’s reincarnated furniture in the past; recently, we noticed they’ve added vintage textiles to their repertoire, such as this Chevron Pillow made of Romanian hemp, hemp canvas, and vintage linen.
From Julie:
This brownstone in Clinton Hill has an appealing Squid and the Whale vibe. We like the fact that the owners had the courage to allow the original Victorian light fixtures and the retro kitchen range to remain in residence, and left several distressed wall surfaces as is. Photos by Verne.
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