Sundays in October!

Brownstoner’s Brooklyn Flea Presents:

GREENJEANS FALL FURNITURE FESTIVAL

Sundays in October 2008:
Oct. 5, 12, 19, & 26

10am – 5pm
@ the Brooklyn Flea

Bishop Laughlin H.S.
176 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene
(btw. Vanderbilt & Clermont Aves.)
[Map]

You love local food, local brew, and local music…

How about local furniture?

This October, come to New York City’s coolest new outdoor market, the Brooklyn Flea, to discover a bounty of fresh local furniture!

The Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival will present an array of chairs, tables, stools, end tables and more designed and built by local furniture makers in the lofts of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the warehouses of upstate New York, and the barns of Vermont.

The Festival will take place over all four Sundays in October under a big tent at the Flea. A carefully selected group of six to eight furniture makers will be shown each week.

As always, we will offer as much ecologically responsible work as possible, including furniture made from reclaimed or sustainably-produced materials and treated with non-toxic finishes. All furniture presented will be newly built, the makers’ own designs, and beautifully crafted.

To learn more or if you’re a furniture maker interested in possibly participating, contact us.


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Participating Furniture Makers:
Schedule subject to change. Be sure to double check day-of if there’s a particular furniture maker you want to see.

4Korners Showing on 10/19
Anthony Sisto 10/26
Aswoon 10/19
Benton Custom 10/19
Bergman Furniture 10/26
Brave Space Design 10/5
City Joinery 10/5
Counter Evolution NYC 10/12 & 10/19
December Box 10/12
Mine Metal/Art 10/26
Nightwood 10/19
Nine Stories Furniture Co. 10/5
NYC Water Tower Furniture 10/12 & 10/26
Palo Samko 10/12
Scott S. Behr 10/12
SMC 10/26
Standard 41 10/5 & 10/26
Todd McCollister 10/12
Uhuru 10/5
Wonk 10/19 & 10/26

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BACKSTORY:

Around the time Amy Shaw and Jae Kim closed their first Greenjeans location in Park Slope in Spring ‘08, they started to bring selections from their shop to the Brooklyn Flea. Though not typical “flea market” fare, Flea-goers liked Greenjeans’ offerings (work handmade by independent artisans) and the venue was great for expanding the Greenjeans audience. Besides, Amy and Jae enjoyed the festive outdoors setting.

While developing the new phase of Greenjeans (planned to open in DUMBO in early 2009), Amy met with Eric Demby to talk about the Flea, furniture, and possibilities of working together. The Brooklyn Flea wanted more furniture, and Greenjeans wanted to meet more furniture makers.

Thus was born the idea for a Furniture Festival, co-curated by Greenjeans and the Flea, to focus on furniture designed and made in Brooklyn, with a few local/regional designers as well (upstate NY, Vermont, etc.).

The first Furniture Festival takes place in October 2008, and if successful, they may plan a Spring Furniture Fling, making it a bi-annual Brooklyn event.