Shop Talk

04/23/2024

RBW

Shop Talk with Little Wing Lee Vol. 12

For this edition of Shop Talk, the interview series where friends and collaborators exchange ideas, discoveries, and sources of inspiration, designer Little Wing Lee reflects on the unique trajectory of her practice, and her new light fixtures made in collaboration with RBW: Cape, Cuff, Copia and Crepe.

Shop Talk

04/14/2023

RBW

Shop Talk with Jonas Damon Vol. 11

For this edition of Shop Talk, the interview series where friends and collaborators exchange ideas, discoveries, and sources of inspiration, designer Jonas Damon goes in depth about developing Highline, RBW’s latest collection.

Shop Talk

03/14/2023

RBW

Shop Talk with Dutch East Design Vol. 10

For this edition of Shop Talk, the interview series where friends and collaborators exchange ideas, discoveries, and sources of inspiration, RBW and Dieter Cartwright, Founding Partner of the Brooklyn-based firm Dutch East Design, discuss the transformation of a Marcel Breuer-designed office building into an inviting, contemporary hotel.

Shop Talk

02/06/2023

RBW

Shop Talk with Lauren Wesley Spear Vol. 9

For this edition of Shop Talk, the interview series where RBW’s friends and collaborators exchange ideas, discoveries, and sources of inspiration, architectural designer Lauren Wesley Spear discusses her role as Director of Space at Lifestance Health, one of the nation's largest outpatient mental healthcare providers.

Shop Talk

11/17/2022

RBW

Shop Talk with Neil Logan Vol. 8

For this edition of Shop Talk, the interview series where RBW’s friends and collaborators exchange ideas, discoveries, and sources of inspiration, founding partner Charles Brill and New York architect Neil Logan discuss the transformation of a former IBM office in Kingston, New York, into the newly opened, 100,000-square-foot RBW Factory.

Shop Talk

08/19/2021

RBW

Shop Talk with Sylvain Willenz Vol. 7

Shop Talk is the interview series where RBW’s friends and collaborators discuss the ideas, discoveries, and inspirations that drive their design processes. For this edition, RBW co-founder Theo Richardson and award-winning, Brussels-based designer Sylvain Willenz discuss the creation of Print, their newly launched, collaborative collection.

Shop Talk

02/03/2021

RBW

Shop Talk with MAFIA Bags Vol. 6

Here in our latest Shop Talk interview, we talk to MAFIA co-founder Marcos Mafia and Director of Sustainable Operations Mika Endo about the highlights of their artist and designer collaborations, the challenges of operating sustainably, and how much their brand has been shaped by their surroundings.

Shop Talk

10/30/2020

RBW

Shop Talk with Tom Hancocks Vol. 5

This year, we invited Hancocks to launch RBW’s visual artist residency, a new series of artist and designer collaborations aimed at creating unique visual experiences. As our first resident, Hancocks designed three immersive and stunningly detailed fictional environments—two workspaces and one resort—for RBW XR, our 360-degree, extended reality platform for viewing our products in situ. Here, Hancocks walks us through his subconscious approach to design, and describes the perks of cross-disciplinary collaboration.