One of the things were excited about in the new year is our Milk Stand pop-up shop at IDS Toronto in January! This will be the 20th edition of the show and the theme of IDS20/20 will focus on changing the world through design. We believe our group of 14 independent designers + makers are doing just that now and we hope youll grab tickets to the show so you can meet them, check out their latest collections, and learn more about what theyre doing to make the world a better place, whether thats sourcing local materials, committing to sustainable practices, or just making the world look better + feel good through modern design. Heres who will be at our pop-up shop:
AOKO SU
AOKO SU is a modern, minimalist jewelry and accessories brand for women and men thats made-by-hand in Hudson, NY. Their designs are a marriage of personal and statement, meant to be worn every day.
AOKO SU
Atelier Non Useless
Atelier Non Useless makes surprising, useful, multifunctional & multi-form contemporary pieces of furniture and objects. Functions inspire them and they often create objects to maximize their usefulness, hence their name: NON USELESS.
Atelier Non Useless
beroep | tech
beroep | tech is a jewelry design studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn creating everyday jewelry inspired by everyday objects. Designer Akiko Kato makes gender neutral jewelry which is highly conscious of design and materials. Her pieces feature thoughtful attractive minimalist design and are handmade with the finest materials.
beroep | tech
Bton Brut Design
Bton Brut Design is a Canadian concrete jewelry company utilizing handmade and industrial design processes. French for raw concrete, their name speaks to the inherent beauty and honesty of the supplies they use. They believe in keeping materials simple and sincere, relying on the integrity of their workmanship to uncover the richness and splendor that is already there.
Bton Brut Design
Caveman Factory, LLC
Caveman Factory, LLC has a mission to create contemporary kitchenware that reduces the use of water and helps the environment, make cooking from scratch agreeable and easy, and design products that are beautiful and functional at the same time.
Caveman Factory, LLC
COUPLE dIDES
COUPLE dIDES designed an inspiring stationery collection titled Notebooks for active and creative minds printed on 100% recycled post-consumer paper. Their bags, made from a paper-like material, are lightweight, water resistant, foldable, washable, non-toxic, acid free (pH neutral), and stylish.
COUPLE dIDES
dconstruct
dconstruct is inspired by nature and minimalist design. Their jewelry + homewares are handmade from leading architectural materials and their organics + textiles are sourced from artisan communities in developing countries around the world which helps boost their local economies.
dconstruct
Moop
Moop specializes in waxed canvas and leather bags, designed and hand manufactured, start to finish, in their downtown Pittsburgh studio. The brand is committed to sustainable practices, creating only small batch collections and manufacturing in the USA.
Moop
Seymour + Smith
Seymour + Smith designs elegant and attractive readers with a simple chic West Coast aesthetic. Her recent collections now have blue light blocking technology to protect your eyes and vision.
Seymour + Smith
Shelbey Dodds Jewelry Design + Metalsmithing
Shelbey Dodds Jewelry Design + Metalsmithing creates contemporary jewelry utilizing traditional fabrication techniques in combination with powder-coating an industrial coloring method. Her current collection is composed of a variety of objects, i.e. earrings, brooches, pendants, and bracelets, titled industrial camp. This collection focuses on the relationship between human and object namely objects of utility, ultimately enhancing the fantasy of a utilitarian world made beautiful.
Shelbey Dodds Jewelry Design + Metalsmithing
Tat Chao
Tat Chao designs everyday objects for the home, the body, and the soul. From glass to silver sterling, from woodworking to 3D printing; no material nor process limit his field of interest. His objects spark questioning, curiosity, amazement.
Tat Chao
WAIWAI
WAIWAI is a thoughtful jewelry line that uses discarded and scrap leathers to create modern leather accessories and wall-hangings. Her designs are influenced by a combination of strong and linear structures found in architecture, urban environments, and delicate textures and patterns of Mother Nature.
WAIWAI
Zimarty
Zimarty is a Los Angeles-based experimental design studio focused on materials and small-scale architectural design wearables. They are fascinated by the symbolic value of jewelry and look upon their design as a creative exploration of pieces rather than decorative accessories.
Zimarty
Were also excited to share a sneak peek of the Milk Stand booth design by Rollout! Rollouts concept for our pop-up retail shop goes back to basics. Imagine grassroots artist markets or nostalgic discount department stores modular structures, low-cost materials, and hand-drawn graphics elevated to Design Milks curatorial standards. Thats whats inspiring boutique wallcovering provider Rollouts concept for this years Milk Stand, in partnership with multidisciplinary design firm FormNation. Rollouts goal is to create a fluid, welcoming space that mixes high design with DIY pride in which you can relax, browse, and pick up your own one-of-a-kind item. Ordinary is just not an option.
