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“Nice sustainable furniture by a small outfit calling themselves Studio Dunn. Check out more on their website.

The studio works with a network of local designers, artisans, and manufacturers in and around Rhode Island to develop and refine designs. Focusing on the use of classic materials including wood, metal, glass, and ceramics, and through the use of their in-house fabrication capabilities Studio Dunn uses experimental processes to create innovative designs.

Studio Dunn grew out of Keeseh Studio, a collaborative workshop, whose members play an important role in the development of Studio Dunn’s works.”

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“Design Milk featured the work of Studio Dunn just as they launched their very first collection, The Rhode Island Collection. We also got the chance to meet the team and see the pieces up close and personal at ICFF. Last week, they added the Kingston Barstools to their collection — the stunning simplicity of their craftsmanship is evident in these new stools. Asher Dunn, lead designer, was kind enough to let us peek in on a day in his life at Studio Dunn in Rhode Island. Let’s take a peek.”

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“Spankin new product alert! Studio Dunn has introduced sister Barstools to its popular Conventry Stool; made in the same eco-friendly credo and with all the graceful lines of the original.”

“You know that feeling you get when you see someone really cute and you can’t get them out of your head for days, even weeks? That’s what’s happened with me and Studio Dunn’s Barrington Chair. Yes, I’m crushing on a chair.”

“Clean, crisp, and cool – the hallmarks of Studio Dunn. We love the Coventry Stool as if it were our own; in fact, we’ll take one in every color: Maple, Cherry, and Walnut!”

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“This year the International Contemporary Furniture Fair bestowed its Editor’s Choice Award for best new designer on Asher Dunn’s Rhode Island studio, citing his team’s fresh use of time-honored materials. The handsome Barrington chair, one of Studio Dunn’s signature pieces, proves the judges were right on the money—and points to the young designers’ uncanny sense of refinement. Constructed with sensuously grained woods (such as walnut, pictured) sourced from local lumberyards, the chair is sleek and modern while recalling exquisite New England craftsmanship.”

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“We’re still talking about all the fantastic new talent we saw at this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair—almost a dozen New England-based companies were first-time exhibitors. The work of one Rhode Island company, Studio Dunn, caught our eye with their simple and stylish wood furniture; the Barrington Chair is shown here. (We weren’t the only ones who took notice of the Pawtucket-based designers: they won an ICFF 2010 Editors Choice award for Best New Designer.) Rhode Island School of Design graduate Asher Dunn says his studio “uses classic materials to create progressive designs for products, furniture and environments;” all of the studio’s designs are manufactured locally.”

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“It’s a feat of woodworking that the thin, tapered legs of Studio Dunn’s stool will support the weight of any sitting member of your family, but it’s no surprise that the traditional joinery and sustainably harvested wood make for such an attractive perch. Coventry, which comes in maple, cherry, or walnut, was part of the Rhode Island studio’s first collection which made a big debut at this years’ ICFF, snagging an Editors’ Choice award for “New Designer.”"

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“In the busy-busy visual onslaught that’s a given at any furniture fair, the pure lines and exquisitely balanced proportions of Dunn’s Newport table (and the Barrington chair that complements it so well) leapt out at me. [...] Asher Dunn, the design studio’s principal (a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design), has done all the right local-and-sustainable things, too – not out of political correctness or the commercially expedient cynicism of green-washing but because, as a conversation with him quickly reveals, honest and considered is who he is (oh, and a very talented designer).”

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“Of course, there were big names at the show, like Tom Dixon and Patricia Urquiola. Spain and Austria showcased their top talent with polished displays. Minneapolis-based Blu Dot picked up a best-body-of-work award. But there was also room for upstarts like a woodworking design team (or call it a collective) named Studio Dunn based in Pawtucket, R.I. These recent Rhode Island School of Design grads make exquisite furniture from FSC-certified wood and create hand-blown glass lamps, and all production is done by craftspeople located within 50 miles of their workshop. It’s all part of the studio’s goal to support local businesses and communities in a place where the U.S. industrial revolution was born and is struggling to survive.”

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“Another ICFF favorite… I mean, look at the legs on those stools! Rhode Island company Studio Dunn is led by designer and founder Asher Dunn and is committed to supporting the local businesses and economy. All their furniture is manufactured in-house or by local artisans, and the company is constantly considering ways to reuse materials, minimize waste, and benefit the environment without compromising the integrity of the designs. They use solid American hardwoods sourced from sustainable forests, where they replant the timber that is used to continue the cycle of life, minimizing the impact on the environment.”

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“Studio Dunn took home an ICFF Editors Award for best new designer a mere two weeks after finishing its first collection. Founded by a trio of recent RISD grads, the Pawtucket, Rhode Island–based studio combines in-house manufacturing with collaborations with a network of local craftspeople.”

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