Tyler Deeb, founder of Misc. Goods Co., joins us for Friday Five to talk about how he relaxes, what city makes him feel most alive, a favorite way to hang + more!

A designer from Louisville, Kentucky, Tyler Deeb put his name on the map with an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign for a redesigned deck of playing cards. (He and a fulfillment and operations team printed, packaged, and shipped more than 4,000 orders in 40 days!) The lucky occasion occurred when he was down on his luck and eventually led to more successes and a few failures, for good measure. What evolved is now known as Misc. Goods Co., a brand known for its fragrances and products built for practical purposes that are made in America.
Running a product company wasn’t even on Deeb’s radar when he hit a dry spell as a freelance designer and began designing a Jack of Spades playing card to keep busy. The rest of the deck followed. After three months, it was complete and became the focal point of the aforementioned Kickstarter campaign and a shift in mindset for Deeb toward taking opportunities as they came. Tyler Deeb
“It changed my life and handed me a new set of responsibilities ? to create useful, good products ? to serve our customers, and to remain ethical in all manufacturing. Our goods are designed with a sense of timelessness. So the materials we make them from must be timeless ? American hardwoods, the highest-grade leather, premium fragrances, and ingredients from natur...