Thank you to Julie Conway of Illuminata for organizing the first Georgetown Design Tour on Tuesday, Sept. 11, as part of Design in Public’s Seattle Design Festival. What a great chance to visit some familiar shops and more importantly meet some new folks and see and talk about their work. My personal highlights:
talking with Kirk at Kirk Albert Vintage Furnishings about the care it took (three tries!) to get the sizing right on a shade for a foundry piece lamp;
chatting with Stacy at Gray Mag - in their amazing space - about how they’re preparing for the upcoming Interior Design Show in Vancouver, Sept. 20-23;
playing with the new puppies at Electric Coffin (okay, and getting to meet Duffy and Stefan and see their interesting work and methods); and
having a long conversation with woodworker John Kirshenbaum in the Equinox space about the opportunities and responsibilities for community involvement for Seattle makers - he does beautiful furniture work and has done beautiful giving work with Solid Ground and Sawhorse Revolution.
I saw a lot of other spaces, too, and was struck by how bloody nice everyone is in this scene, no matter the discipline - very inspiring walk. Thanks again to everyone for opening up your shops!
