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O&G Studio
The Rhode Island-based furniture
designer and manufacturer revives a
rich hand-built tradition with American
Modern craft.
When Jonathan Glatt, the co-founder and creative director of
O&G Studio, launched the platform in 2009, it was to create
and manufacture designs that honor and build upon classic
American craft for contemporary tastes.
He certainly picked the right place, headquartering the
operation in Rhode Island, a place of both the past and the
future. "It is tiny and epic at the same time" and "influences a
type of great design that I love," says Platt, who also looks to
18th-century furniture makers, the Goddard Townshends, as
a reference and aims to achieve a similar feeling with all O&G
designs. By this he means something "that is rarely wild and
unconstrained, but deeply satisfying and stands the test of time."
Although reflecting an undeniable New England flavor, "O&G
is American Modern," says Platt, who is nonetheless open to
other stylistic influences and design periods. To that end are
O&G's signature Windsor-style benches and chairs, along with the recently
launched Hull Coffee Table, featuring a low profile with an early '70s vibe, and
the Meridian Sconce family, based on Brutalist buildings and crafted from sand-
cast brass. One also sees a strong regional influence in material—"We love wood
and only use sustainable North American hardwoods like ash, maple, oak and
walnut," says Platt—and a color palette with Salt Pond, Kelp and Oyster finishes.
With dressers and lounge pieces, as well as new collaborations on the O&G
drawing board for 2020, plus its plumbing collection Brut with Watermark, the
studio finds itself in familiar territory: with its hands full. oandgstudio.com
We love wood
and only use
sustainable
North American
hardwoods like
ash, maple, oak
and walnut.
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