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November 19, 2008
NEW PRODUCTS
Check out the online store for new products by Design Glut! We've launched the World Links necklace, which has the continents of the world connected by links of chain around your neck. And our new Cubic Switchplates play tricks with your eyes. They're only 3mm deep, but it looks like they're protruding inches off the wall.
October 14, 2008
NEW ONLINE STORE AND PRESS
We just redid our online store to make it easier for our customers. The new layout is simpler to browse and has some additional functionality. Fancy Schmancy! We also have new press to report: Elle Decoration, Max, and 5 Au Clock.
September 21, 2008
NEW PRESS AND STORES
The October issue of Metropolitan Home covers the Slow Food Tray as part of a group of products using words as decoration. We also have three new stores: Spring and Stewart and Stand here in NY, and Composition in Colorado.
September 2, 2008
NEW PRESS: SURFACE
The new edition of Surface reports of the trend of designers "using oil as fuel for thought." Crude Black is included.
August 22, 2008
NEW PRESS: DFUN
The Crude Jewelry was just featured as the cover story in the current issue of DFUN, a Taiwanese fashion and design magazine.
July 15, 2008
NEW PRESS: WALLPAPER
The August '08 issue of Wallpaper is hitting newsstands right now. Check out the interviews with "NYC's new design wave": Todd Bracher, Design Glut, Takeshi Miyakawa, and Test Collective.
July 10, 2008
NEW PRESS: WATCH
The Smoking Gun was just featured in the latest edition of Watch.
July 9, 2008
ABOUT DESIGN GLUT
We’ve expanded the About Us area - check it out to get a better feel for who we are and what we do.
June 30, 2008
NEW PRESS: MAX
The fashion magazine Max just published a great-looking piece on Crude Black. We can't actually read it, but we're hoping they said nice things.
June 23, 2008
SMOKING GUN NECKLACE
The Smoking Gun is now available on a chain! It makes one pimped out necklace.
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• Brad Ascalon
• Brooklyn Salsa Company
• byAMT
• Cake
• Character
• Citizen:Citizen
• Curatorium
• Diaroogle.com
• Domestic Aesthetic
• Exit9
• FuckOffSarahPalin.com
• Harry Allen
• Mint
• Nooka
• NOTCOT.com
• Pomp&Clout
• redstr/collective
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• Robert Langhorn
• Skinny Vinny
• Sonic Design
• Supermarket
• Swiss Miss (upcoming)
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• TZ Design
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July 29, 2008
Reiko Kaneko
Reiko Kaneko is a young lass from England, most known for her Soldier Egg Cup holder, and her mischievous, surreal product design. Reiko graduated in 2005, and is already a mover and shaker. I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of her in the years to come.
Reiko Kaneko
www.reikokaneko.co.uk/
Where did you go to school, for what, and when did you graduate?
I went to Central Saint Martins, and graduated in 2005.
How did you transition from design school into the world of manufacturing and selling objects?
The real starting point for me was being approached by Beyond the Valley, a London boutique store promoting offbeat and graduate designs. They took my handmade products on - notably the Egg soldier cup. I used to line up the little soldiers and nearly poison myself with the resin fumes to put them together at home.
To my huge surprise, they sold well which got me thinking; perhaps I could do this whole manufacturing and selling business. Finding manufacturers was the hardest thing but steady part time work kept me going.
I met you at ICFF this year, where you had a table in the Designboom Mart. How did coming to NY for the show benefit you?
The mart was a great experience - there was a real buzz about that little area of the trade show. It was beneficial in terms of retail contacts as well as meeting great people whose work I've always admired.
How has the Internet helped you, as an indie designer?
It's a massive help. Selling directly to individual customers is great. Online blogs also up your web presence, work as a public portfolio, and put great retailers in touch.
What are three pieces of advice you would give to new designers looking to start manufacturing and selling their products?
Stick with it if you decide to go the whole hog. Start small and don't overstock. And don't watch TV.
Reiko Kaneko
www.reikokaneko.co.uk/
Where did you go to school, for what, and when did you graduate?
I went to Central Saint Martins, and graduated in 2005.
How did you transition from design school into the world of manufacturing and selling objects?
The real starting point for me was being approached by Beyond the Valley, a London boutique store promoting offbeat and graduate designs. They took my handmade products on - notably the Egg soldier cup. I used to line up the little soldiers and nearly poison myself with the resin fumes to put them together at home.
To my huge surprise, they sold well which got me thinking; perhaps I could do this whole manufacturing and selling business. Finding manufacturers was the hardest thing but steady part time work kept me going.
I met you at ICFF this year, where you had a table in the Designboom Mart. How did coming to NY for the show benefit you?
The mart was a great experience - there was a real buzz about that little area of the trade show. It was beneficial in terms of retail contacts as well as meeting great people whose work I've always admired.
How has the Internet helped you, as an indie designer?
It's a massive help. Selling directly to individual customers is great. Online blogs also up your web presence, work as a public portfolio, and put great retailers in touch.
What are three pieces of advice you would give to new designers looking to start manufacturing and selling their products?
Stick with it if you decide to go the whole hog. Start small and don't overstock. And don't watch TV.
