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Buy Black Triad: Furniture Designers

Buy Black Triad: Furniture Designers
OUR NEXT GUEST. SO THE HIGH POINT FURNITURE MARKET BEGINS IN JUST TWO DAYS. AND WHILE MANY DESIGNERS COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO TAKE PART, SOME OF THEM ARE FROM RIGHT HERE IN THE TRIAD. YEAH. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THREE OF THEM IS TAMURA JEFFRIES. SHE IS THE OWNER OF THE BUY BLACK GUIDE. TAMARA, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US AGAIN. WE LOVE HAVING YOU ON. AND I AM OLD SCHOOL, BUT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT I AM NEW CULTURE. WHO ARE THEY? YES. SO I AM. NEW CULTURE IS THE CREATIVE AND DESIGN COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN PRODUCT DESIGN WITH A FOCUS IN COMMERCIAL FURNITURE. THE SIGNATURE PIECE FOR CULTURE FIRST COLLECTION IS CALLED THE HALO. A LUXURY LOUNGE CHAIR. SO I AM NEW CULTURE. THEY STRIVE TO PROPERLY ACKNOWLEDGE TRUE EXCELLENCE THROUGH THEIR WORKS. TRUE EXCELLENCE IS DEFINED AS THE SUCCESS OF OBTAINING BY APPLYING FAITH TO YOUR WORK AND REALIZING THE WILL TO WIN BEGINS WITHIN. I AM NEW CULTURE STARTUP COMMUNITY PROJECT CALLED THE BACKYARD PROJECT TO HELP SHINE LIGHT ON RESOURCES AND HIGH POINT FOR THE DESIGN AND MAKERS MARKET. THIS PROJECT GIVES YOU THE CHANCE TO BUY A LIMITED EDITION CUSTOMIZABLE HALO TO FURTHER PUSH HIS MISSION OWNER AND LEAD DESIGNER CALEB COLLINS CREATED THE EVENT. MEET THE DESIGNERS IN OUR BACKYARD TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL DESIGNERS, THE COMMUNITY AND FUTURE DESIGNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HIGH POINT FURNITURE MARKET. THAT EVENT TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, FROM 5:00 TO 9:00 AT NOMAD WINEWORKS IN HIGH POINT. SO YOU CAN ALWAYS LEARN MORE ABOUT NEW CULTURE BY VISITING THEM ONLINE AT IMCO’S DOT COM. ALL RIGHT, TAMARA, TELL US ABOUT WILLIAM MAY DESIGN. ABSOLUTELY. SO WILLIAM MAY DESIGN IS A LUXURY PILLOW COMPANY CREATED TO TRANSFORM SPACES AND CREATE A SENSE OF CURATED LUXURY DESIGN. GARNER BROW HENDERSON HATCH USES ON CONVENTIONAL FABRICS AND FEELS THAT ANY SPACE CAN BE TRANSFORMED BY THE ACCENTS, NOT JUST LARGER FURNITURE. FROM AN EARLY AGE, YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED AND CURIOUS ABOUT DESIGN. HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS A COMMERCIAL ARTIST IN HIGH POINT FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND HE REMEMBERS LOOKING AT HIS DRAWINGS OF FURNITURE AND SPACES AND BEING MESMERIZED BY THE IMAGES HIS MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER STYLED HER HOME IN A MANNER THAT WAS APPOINTED WITH TEXTURE AND COLOR. SO COME EXPERIENCE THESE BEAUTIFUL TEXTURES, COLORS, SHAPES AND STYLES OF WILLIAM MAY DESIGN THIS SATURDAY AT THE MEET THE DESIGN DESIGNERS IN YOUR BACKYARD EVENT IN HIGH POINT AND ALSO VISIT THEM ONLINE AT WILLIAM MAY DESIGN.COM COOL PILLOWS YEAH THEY DO LOOK VERY COOL ALL RIGHT AND YOUR THIRD ARTIST THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS JASON, RIGHT? YES. JASON IS A HIGH END READY TO WEAR BRAND THAT REINVENTS THE WARDROBE BY COMBINING ECLECTIC STYLE AND TAILORING TO CREATE REIMAGINED RENDITIONS OF TIMELESS PIECES. SO DESIGNER GEORGE HALL BELIEVES THAT FASHION IS MORE THAN JUST CLOTHING. IT’S A FORM OF EXPRESSION, A WAY OF TELLING A STORY AND A REFLECTION OF ONE’S PERSONALITY. HIS WORK IS INSPIRED BY THE ELEGANCE AND CRAFTSMANSHIP AND HISTORY OF FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY, FABRIC, WHICH HE UPCYCLED TO DESIGN AND CREATE LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF TRADITIONAL AND CLASSIC SILHOUETTES. HIS COLLECTIONS ARE NOT MASS PRODUCED. THEY ARE HANDCRAFTED WITH PASSION AND PRECISION. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THOSE IN PERSON THIS WEEK AT HIGH POINT FURNITURE MARKET AND MEET HIM IN PERSON AT THE MEET THE DESIGNERS EVENT IN HIGH POINT. THOSE ARE AWESOME. I LOVE THOSE. THEY’RE VERY UNIQUE. YEAH. BEAUTIFUL. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. MORE. IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HIGH POINT FURNITURE MARKET. IT’S CLOSED. IT’S MORE OF AN INDUSTRY MARKET, BUT THERE ARE SOMETIMES THEY HAVE EVENTS OR THE PUBLIC CAN GET INVOLVED AND PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY MEET THESE DESIGNERS OVER THE WEEKEND. HOW CAN THEY DO THAT? YES. SO MEET THE DESIGNERS IN OUR BACKYARD EVENT. IT’S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT TAKES PLACE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH AT NOMAD WINES IN HIGH POINT. COME OUT, SUPPORT THE DESIGNERS, MEET OUR DESIGNERS RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD. WE LOVE NOMAD WINERIES, SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT. THEY’RE HOSTING EVERYTHING THEY DO NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. YEAH, I NEED TO GO THERE. YEAH. AND IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED IN THE FURNITURE MARKET IF MAYBE THEY AREN’T ABLE TO IN OTHER WAYS. SO. VERY COOL. THAT’S COOL. IT’S FREE TOO. THAT’S GREAT. TAMARA, THANK YOU
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Buy Black Triad: Furniture Designers
Temoura Jeffries is the owner of Buy Black Guide. During her monthly segment on the Local Vibe, she talked about three Triad-based furniture designers and an opportunity to meet them in person.Click the video player above to hear her conversation with the Local Vibe team.The designers she highlighted are:Caleb Collins, Owner and Head Designer of I Am New Culture (IAMNC), which specializes in product design with a focus in commercial furnitureBryle Henderson Hatch, CEO/Founder of William Mae Design, uses unconventional fabrics to transform any and all spacesGeorge Frederick Hall II, CEO/Founder of Gezzani, which is a high-end ready-to-wear brand that reinvents the wardrobe by combining eclectic style and tailoring to create reimagined renditions of timeless piecesYou can meet all of them this weekend at the "Meet The Designers: In Our Backyard" event. It's on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Nomad Wine Works in High Point.The event is free and open to the public, as an opportunity for local designers, the community and future designers to participate in the High Point Furniture Market.

Temoura Jeffries is the owner of Buy Black Guide. During her monthly segment on the Local Vibe, she talked about three Triad-based furniture designers and an opportunity to meet them in person.

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Click the video player above to hear her conversation with the Local Vibe team.

The designers she highlighted are:

  • Caleb Collins, Owner and Head Designer of I Am New Culture (IAMNC), which specializes in product design with a focus in commercial furniture
  • Bryle Henderson Hatch, CEO/Founder of William Mae Design, uses unconventional fabrics to transform any and all spaces
  • George Frederick Hall II, CEO/Founder of Gezzani, which is a high-end ready-to-wear brand that reinvents the wardrobe by combining eclectic style and tailoring to create reimagined renditions of timeless pieces

You can meet all of them this weekend at the "Meet The Designers: In Our Backyard" event. It's on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Nomad Wine Works in High Point.

The event is free and open to the public, as an opportunity for local designers, the community and future designers to participate in the High Point Furniture Market.