We invited Juniper's founder Shant Madjarian to share five things that keep him happy and inspired.

We quickly became enamored with Brooklyn-based lighting design studio Juniper after watching how their Pascale Girardin designed Love Me Not (À La Folie) pendant came to fruition. After that, we knew we had to invite the brand’s founder, Shant Madjarian, into the Friday Five fold. Madjarian launched Juniper in 2011 after taking a major leap by leaving his finance career behind. With business skills under his belt, he was able to bring his creative side to the mix and develop an innovative brand that focused on good design that could change how people live. Juniper continues to thrive with Madjarian bringing in and working with designers that have an eye for minimalist, modern products that stay true to the brand’s ethos. See below for a look at what keeps the entrepreneur fueled and happy. Photo by Shant Madjarian
1. Wines from Piemonte

I thought this might be an easy exercise; throw together five things you love accompanied with good stock photography pleasing to the eye. But it turned out to be a very personal, fulfilling, and, at times, difficult journey for me. With little time these days to re-experience my favorite things, it was nice to revisit, at least in memory, some of the simpler pleasures that have most marked me throughout my life.
With that, nothing comes to mind more readily than wine. Those who know me, know that my favorite beverage i...