Friday Five with Asher Dunn of Studio DUNN
Asher Dunn shares favorite pastimes, hobbies, and even a must-have writing utensil.
Asher Dunn is one of those people we’re always happy to find at ICFF every year, partly to see his smiling face but also to see what beautiful work he’s conjured up over the last year. He’s the talented designer and founder of Studio DUNN, a design studio located in Rhode Island that creates contemporary designs with a mid-century modern feel. Each product is handcrafted using sustainable practices with the utmost respect for the materials used turning each piece of furniture and lighting into a classic heirloom that can be passed down through the generations. Along the way, Dunn has been awarded many honors, including ‘Best New Designer’ at his very first ICFF in 2010, Vogue’s ‘Ten Contemporary Designers to Collect Today’, and Forbes ’30 under 30.’ Along with being inducted into the Rhode Island Design Hall of Fame by RI x Design, he also instructs courses in design and entrepreneurship at RISD and the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. In this week’s Friday Five, he shares favorite pastimes, hobbies, and even a must-have writing utensil.
1. Uni-Ball Pens
I used to fear permanence and would accumulate sketchbooks, mostly gifts, that I was afraid to use. Instead I would sketch on sticky notes and place them in a sketchbook. I did this until midway through college. I look back and think how lame ?...
Asher Dunn is one of those people we’re always happy to find at ICFF every year, partly to see his smiling face but also to see what beautiful work he’s conjured up over the last year. He’s the talented designer and founder of Studio DUNN, a design studio located in Rhode Island that creates contemporary designs with a mid-century modern feel. Each product is handcrafted using sustainable practices with the utmost respect for the materials used turning each piece of furniture and lighting into a classic heirloom that can be passed down through the generations. Along the way, Dunn has been awarded many honors, including ‘Best New Designer’ at his very first ICFF in 2010, Vogue’s ‘Ten Contemporary Designers to Collect Today’, and Forbes ’30 under 30.’ Along with being inducted into the Rhode Island Design Hall of Fame by RI x Design, he also instructs courses in design and entrepreneurship at RISD and the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. In this week’s Friday Five, he shares favorite pastimes, hobbies, and even a must-have writing utensil.
1. Uni-Ball Pens
I used to fear permanence and would accumulate sketchbooks, mostly gifts, that I was afraid to use. Instead I would sketch on sticky notes and place them in a sketchbook. I did this until midway through college. I look back and think how lame ?...
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