1032 N. HIGHLAND AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA
I first learned of BDDW through a friend of mine in Philly. That was more than a decade ago and it was instantly evident then, and is true now, that they simply make cool stuff.
I chose the words “cool” and “stuff” carefully.
To say BDDW is a furniture design shop would overlook the house bottled liquor. To say it is an art gallery would forget the hand crafted turntables. At BDDW they hand paint puzzles and then hang them on the wall.
I’ll describe it in a way that would offend anyone who loves the place, but makes BDDW easier to understand for anyone unfamiliar: Imagine Wal Mart… no Target, except instead of carrying a whole world of brands and designers, you have this huge variety of stuff, all from one brand, one designer, and none of it sucks.
Or… Tyler has done something similar to Ralph Lauren, minus the clothes (for now). In other words, Like Ralph, Tyler has imagined, and then created, an entire world. Tyler’s world is just a bit heftier. A touch more Carhart and a little less limousine.
I’m a big fan of the grandfather clock that appears to be a tall, simple, squared-off column of hard wood with a row of round light bulbs near the top containing filaments shaped like numbers to display the time. Or a leather overlaid turntable built into a wood slab coffee table. Like I said before, cool stuff.
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