Verellen, a family affair.
Verellen, established almost 25 years ago, out of the creative minds of Tom & Sabine Verellen, has grown to be a name in the furniture industry by keeping true to their family values of kindness, a go-getter attitude and savoir-faire which have been built in their products. After a quarter century in the making, the company is welcoming a second generation of Verellens who have already set the mark for the brand's next chapter, while not losing sight of what brought them here in the first place.
Sabine Maes Art
Sabine is an abstract artist from Belgium (1964). She tries to let her work speak to those who like modern minimalist design. Her life as an artist began long before she actually started painting. As an autodidact she started out creating her first piece of an art in 2002.
She is mostly inspired by nature, with all its different whims, colours and surfaces. By painting layer after layer; she generates a balanced and unflustered composition. While her paintings might be quite untamed, the shades she uses are often subtle yet charismatic. If she had to choose one word to describe her art, she would have to say ‘wabi sabi’; a Japanese term for “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”.
Amadi Carpets
As refugees from The Soviet War who literally fled on foot out of Afghanistan, the Ahmadi family and their hard-earned success epitomizes the American Dream. But a comfortable life in the safety of West Hollywood isn’t what drives them. They’ve committed to what seems impossible – creating generational change by empowering women in a country where 85% have no formal education and are illiterate.
In 2003, Amadi Carpets returned to Afghanistan to open its first weaving workshop in Kabul. The employees? Twenty women from the local area. The cultural hurdles to make this happen were monumental. The brothers behind Amadi Carpets went from family to family, attempting to persuade husbands, fathers and brothers to allow their wives, mothers and sisters the opportunity to work… and learn. he process was painfully slow over a three-year period, but has now become a reality for 120 women.
M2C STUDIO
Founded in 2017 by Stuart and Leyla Gans, M2C is the next step in their evolution of product design in the home space. For the last 15 years they have been designing and producing some of the finest in trimmings and drapery hardware for their wholesalers in the residential market. Now they are proud to offer a line of truly custom products, inspired by their relentless travels and appreciation of visual arts. The line is created right here in the USA, custom crafted to the exact specifications of each job’s requirements.
