Slow Design: 100-Mile Brooklyn Kitchen
From Julie
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.
January 30, 2009
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WTF!? We're in the worst recession since 1982 and you are blogging about a $3,500 pot rack made from reclaimed wood?
On the other hand, this post will be of interest to John Thain and others who are in the market for $35,000 commodes. Perhaps that is your target audience?
Yes, we hear you. Sometimes we run design objects that are high-priced but can serve as inspiration--a clever DIY type (or a carpenter for hire) could take a cue from the Metropolitan Pot Rack. We doubt it would appeal to John Thain, however.
