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Michael Hurwitz

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Michael Hurwitz’s newest collection, the Marina Line, is stunning. It is made from sustainable materials, including bamboo, created with heirloom quality.

I’ve had a longstanding interest in providing furniture that is more accessible to more people. I want to provide something of quality that would be affordable for my family and friends. The process of designing and developing furniture forms for production is very different from my usual approach to the making one-of-kind pieces but obviously shares some overlap. In both cases, the work is by nature labor intensive but it is a joy to be engrossed in that process. With the production design challenge, I ask myself, “How can I make the best piece possible – within this context?” I ask myself further how I can simplify construction, allow the voice of material to be heard, and have proportion and structure work together to establish an identity? And how can I make that identity attractive and accessible to a broader range of people?

The Marina Line is also driven by the understanding that we have to do better by our planet, and I have tried to use recycled, sustainable materials whenever possible. I dedicate this collection my daughter, Marina.

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Jaime Derringer, Founder + Executive Editor of Design Milk, is a Jersey girl living in SoCal. She dreams about funky, artistic jewelry + having enough free time to enjoy some of her favorite things—running, reading, making music, and drawing.