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Egg Collective
The all-female founders of the emerging East
Coast design firm bring material sense to their
principle-driven practice.
For the founders of design firm Egg Collective—Crystal Ellis, Hillary Petrie
and Stephanie Beamer—it started with friendship, and a mutual passion for
designing and creating. The tenets of the business when it began in 2011
are its tenets today, but the vision has evolved.
Egg Collective's focus on collaboration and consistent
engagement has provisioned the rich rewards of a design
practice on the rise, evidenced by accolades including Best New
Designer at ICFF, a nod from Martha Stewart's American Made
Honors, and a gleaming new flagship in a historic building in New
York City. The trio channeled their background in architecture to
transform the environment into one that reflects their aesthetic,
down to the custom hardware in mirror polished solid stainless
steel. Also featuring a custom-designed polished stainless
steel reception desk, thick curving walls and honed limestone
floors with custom carpets, the showroom is a showcase for the
materiality—wood, glass, stone, metal and leather— that has
come to define the nature- and art-influenced design firm.
One sees a great case for Egg Collective as an Old World guild,
but in a New World way. Its network of fabricators has expertise
in materials like metal, stone, and glass to help Ellis, Petrie and
Beamer execute their ideas at the highest level of craft. They also
support other creatives, and use their showroom for a curated
series of art exhibitions in the hopes of "sharing a unique language
that is both contemporary and timeless." In setting out to establish
what they call "the antithesis of the disposal design model," Egg
Collective is now a reflection of everything it creates—made to
last. eggcollective.com
The trio channeled
their background
in architecture
to transform the
environment into
one that reflects their
aesthetic, down to the
custom hardware in
mirror polished solid
stainless steel.
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OF
MATTHEW
WILLIAMS
