Live/Work in Echo Park: A Designer at Home - Remodelista
We've been tracking furniture and lighting designer Brendan Ravenhil's upward trajectory for a while now. He and his wife, Marjory, recently moved into a midcentury modern house in Echo Park, where they share a studio.
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Ravenhill's work table with an Angle Stool, one of his own designs. The table top is a 16-foot-long piece of sugar pine without a single knot and with more than 300 growth rings; the table's height is adjustable, as I like standing to work.
A vintage Jielde lamp illuminates the work table. BH: I bought this from a friend who collects Jielde lamps.
A set of drawers from a metal-working shop; "I've been lugging these around for years," Ravenhill says.
RM: What's on the wall behind the table? BH: The gray and yellow hanging piece is a wooden pattern mold; I collect forms that remind me of masks.
A view into Marjory's work space, with a sign from a hair salon found on the streets of Brooklyn. BH: We had separate work spaces in our old house, so this is the first time we have shared a space.
Marjory ( a consultant for an NGO) also makes hand-lettered signs.
RM: Do you just work on design here? We do our own prototypes for the lights, and when the design is done, we shop it out for manufacturing.
A large spool of cloth-covered electrical wire that Ravenhill uses on all his lamps.
Ravenhill's cord chandelier with a surf board stored above.
