Carol here (aka Chief Hen). I started red egg as a way to share a cultural and design aesthetic that personally excites me. As a textile designer, I began collecting and wearing vintage Japanese kimono in college. I fell in love with the patterns and the aesthetic and couldn't wait to spend time in Asia. In 1997, I found myself in China exploring antique furniture warehouses and had the idea to bring this furniture to the USA to sell.
That's how red egg was hatched! I wasn't thinking about what's on trend or what would sell. Honestly, I was just thinking about how beautiful and special these pieces were and how excited I was to share them. If other people liked them and bought them, I could get myself back to Asia to explore and buy more! The antiques business evolved. Retailers discovered me and wanted more of the pieces I found.
I began buying more common vintage pieces and painting them in bright lacquer colors. While still sourcing and manufacturing our cane collections, Indochine, Moderne Maru, and Kaigan, in the Philippines, our focus for our wood product is to manufacture all of it here in the USA.
That's how red egg was hatched! I wasn't thinking about what's on trend or what would sell. Honestly, I was just thinking about how beautiful and special these pieces were and how excited I was to share them. If other people liked them and bought them, I could get myself back to Asia to explore and buy more! The antiques business evolved. Retailers discovered me and wanted more of the pieces I found.
I began buying more common vintage pieces and painting them in bright lacquer colors. While still sourcing and manufacturing our cane collections, Indochine, Moderne Maru, and Kaigan, in the Philippines, our focus for our wood product is to manufacture all of it here in the USA.
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Sit back, relax, and take a magic carpet ride through the showroom.
This market, we invited Mill Collective downstairs in the red egg house.
Mill Collective, a curated exhibition and talent platform for modern design, connects select, small-batch studios and workshops to Interior Designers, Architects, Boutique Retailers and Media who value the creative process, materials consciousness, and workmanship, making red egg and Mill Collective a natural fit.
This virtual tour works the same way.
Sit back, relax, and take a magic carpet ride through the showroom.
This market, we invited Mill Collective downstairs in the red egg house.
Mill Collective, a curated exhibition and talent platform for modern design, connects select, small-batch studios and workshops to Interior Designers, Architects, Boutique Retailers and Media who value the creative process, materials consciousness, and workmanship, making red egg and Mill Collective a natural fit.
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