With the Florakids line, Laufen has succeeded in creating an upbeat, lively, child-friendly environment that fosters a sense of hygiene at an early age. The rounded, attractive shapes are combined with bold colors and inspirations from animal and plant kingdoms. The result is an ideal place for kids.

Her “second look” was when I entered her little apartment. I hadn’t been there fifteen minutes when she started asking me if we might not do such-and-such together later that summer, and all of them actual DATES! Later she said that the moment I walked into her apartment, it just felt right to her.

City Joinery was founded by Jonah Zuckerman who wanted to build contemporary furniture using traditional techniques. He started his quest in 1996 and since then has grown a one-person operation into a company of eleven people in a 6000 square foot space, growth that was done the right way.

For some time now Brizo has been working with Jason Wu, one of the preeminent young fashion designers. At first blush it would seem quite a stretch to go from fashion design to faucet design, but it was never quite the stretch it may have seemed to have been to those of us on the outside looking in.