made

material arts design expression

made is a design and distribution co-operative. we are artists, designers, and artisans from many different disciplines, different communities, and different countries. we collaborate to create designs simple in idea, nature, and function, following an ideal based on simple methods of construction. when we think of a new idea or a process new to us, we seek out the help and guidance of our friends and colleagues, so that we can make only that which we can make ourselves. although hardly purists, everything you will find here has been designed and created by us as a group. there are many other things which each of us have designed that you won¹t find here, as we are not always so fortunate to be able to work with our hands. but we pride ourselves with what we do create: that which is useful and usable, simple and attractive.