The inherent challenge posed to every Maker trying to fit-in is finding a way to stand out. From wearing their cultural and political hearts on their sleeves to throwing wicked whisky curveballs, here are 12 Makers who stood out to us at Agenda, Capsule and Liberty!
To Lucinda’s paternal grandmother, Mary, there was only one way to cook meatballs: drop them, uncooked, into a bubbling pot of tomato sauce, until the sauce and all its contents could marry the meat, making it one. Lucinda’s grandmother’s sister-in-law, Aunt Josephine, saw it differently. The real way to cook meatballs was to brown them first, then pour the sauce on top. Any other way was absurd.
There is an in-between space that every maker knows. The space between falling and flying. To fall is to give yourself up to someone else’s vision. To fly? Doing whatever it takes to see your vision come to life. Any vision worth having is formed by fire, grit and determination. Unsurprisingly this is the story of Sean Yoro (a.k.a Hula).
Growth should never be measured by the length of the branch; but by the depths of the root. This is why urban farmers Ryan Anderson and Hannah Clark created ACRE, a sustainable urban farm in the heart of Detroit to help Detroiters eat fresh and healthy produce made in their own backyard. With this comes the prospect and potential for many people to get back in touch with the earth in which we all live.
GodSpeedCo. simply started as my Instagram handle. The Shop Rag Shirt hit me like a ton of bricks a couple years later one afternoon while sitting at my then agency. Ever since I started riding motorcycles I would carry a shop rag in my back pocket. That afternoon I took it out, examined it and wondered to myself what the story was behind this little square piece of fabric. Who made this? Where did it come from?
I'm Hannah Haworth, founder of Handa - a small design company based in New York, providing handmade goods with a contemporary aesthetic from the Mangyan people of the Philippines. All of the raw textiles and baskets are made completely by hand with natural materials by girls I grew up with on Mindoro Island...
Brian Persico is a designer that lives in the Catskills of NY. His work is centered around building very fine furniture and archery bows, among many other special projects... one of which we have the privilege of sitting in on! In the coming months we will following the ongoing process of building Brian's new workspace.
