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Meet the design-driven collaborators reimagining housing development in NYC
A conversation with Sam Alison-Mayne and Jing Liu What makes a creative partnership work? Is it a question of sensibility or something deeper? For Tankhouse co-founder Sam Alison-Mayne and SO-IL co-founder Jing Liu, mutual admiration isn’t enough. Successful collaborations grow from shared values and priorities. Together, Alison-Mayne and Liu are upending the city’s template for...
Brick & Wonder Profile: Nannette Brown
With transitions from journalist and news anchor, to designer, luxury stationer and media entrepreneur, Nannette Brown’s career resists straightforward labeling. Nevertheless, her connected, intuitive design sensibility resonates throughout her work. We caught up with Nannette to hear her story. There’s a lot to cover, but perhaps start by telling us a little about who you…
Brick & Wonder Profile – Nancy Kleppel
Nancy Kleppel takes her understanding of the architecture business and aids firms in their growth. We discussed her journey from architecture school to strategy consulting.
Brick & Wonder Profile – Bill Caleo
Bill Caleo originally trained as an actor, but he swapped the limelight for site-lights to pursue hands-on residential renovation and development.
Brick & Wonder Profile – Jacob Morris
One often overlooked service in our mix is the handling and storage of fine art, and furniture. We caught up with Jacob Morris, owner of Morris Moving and Storage, whose team does just that.
From the Builder: R.L. Baxter Building Corp.
Small towns have a way of creating an opportunity a little differently than bigger cities. In small towns, connections are driven by proximity, location, and existing relationships, and for R.L. Baxter Building Corp. this provided space for a high school teacher to found and grow a multimillion-dollar boutique construction firm building high-end projects across the Hudson Valley…
From the Product Manufacturers: How a Trash Bin Inspired These “Hotels”
The Vipp trash bin (or really just the “bin”) is something of a product design staple in Europe, and it has migrated overseas in recent years to become recognizable among designers and architects. It has even found a spot in MoMA’s design collection. Created in 1939 by Danish metal worker Holger Nielsen’s for his wife’s beauty salon,…