American design
19 curated American design brands, stores and studios for the home — reviewed individually for design quality and material integrity.
American entries are concentrated in workshop goods and consumer technology — desk objects, tools, audio — rather than the case goods and upholstery that dominate the European listings.
19 brands from United States — strongest in accessories and home décor
Appointed Brand 
Articture Multi-brand Store 
CLAE Brand 
Deft Brand 
Fellow Brand 
Goodland Brand 
Grovemade Brand 
Haus Holy Brand 
Inventery Brand 
KOKOGOL Brand 
LIFX Brand 
Minimalism Life Platform 
Moglea Artisan 
ONCE (Writebook) Brand 
Rarify Multi-brand Store 
The Oblist Marketplace 
Ugmonk Brand 
Uncrate Multi-brand Store About american design
The strongest thread is the Portland-to-Brooklyn workshop tradition: small manufacturers making a narrow range of objects in hardwood, solid brass and machined aluminium, sold direct, photographed on a workbench. It is a genuinely distinct sensibility, more tactile and less resolved than the Scandinavian equivalent, and it has produced some of the best desk and carry objects available anywhere.
The other American strand here is technology treated as industrial design — audio equipment and connected devices where the housing and the controls were designed with the same care as the electronics. Shipping and duties are worth checking before ordering from Europe; several of these makers ship internationally but not cheaply.
American brands by category
- Accessories 8
- Home Décor 7
- Stationery 4
- Furniture 4