We took the Milk Stand across the world over the years to showcase new designers and now 5 of them share about the experience.

Happy birthday to us! Our 15th anniversary celebration is underway! Stay tuned for more special 15th anniversary content and fun surprises as our celebration continues!

In 2015, Design Milk launched its first ever pop-up shop called The Milk Stand at ICFF to showcase and share talented, independent designers and makers who are flying under the radar making the coolest products, from textiles to wallets to planters to jewelry. Every year since then (with the exception of 2020/2021 due to the pandemic), we’ve taken the Milk Stand around the country and the world at design events and trade shows, highlighting what we believe is the best of the best in design. Each year we invited new designers and welcomed back old ones. To commemorate 5+ years of Milk Stands for our 15th Anniversary, we asked past participants to share their favorite memories:
LACE by Jenny Wu: “There were so many great memories from all of the Milk Stands we have participated in. Perhaps our first time at ICFF was the most stressful. Traveling to NY with our whole installation, we somehow managed to pack our entire inventory in our carry on luggage. The day before the show opened was truly insane. It was amazing how the whole exhibition hall can go from empty to fully installed in 24 hours. Being part of the Design Milk family is definitely the b...