A good lamp really brings a room together – and seems to be the hardest part to get completely right when designing an interior.

Workstead was founded in 2009 in Brooklyn, NY by Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Highsmith.  We were joined by Ryan Mahoney in 2010, all three of us graduates from the Rhode Island School of Design.  With backgrounds in Architecture, Music, Interior Architecture, and Sculpture, we founded Workstead to create interiors and products for our friends and eventual clients in New York City and beyond.  The studio has evolved to include an interior design division and products division, all sharing our approach of hand-crafted, context-driven, and American made interiors and products.

While we started working on small residential projects, our portfolio has now grown to hotels, bakeries, coffee shops, restaurants, and numerous other public and private projects under development.  The products division was born out of a desire to create bespoke fixtures for our client’s projects, yet has grown into several distinct collections that we sell around the world.

How and where did Workstead begin?

There’s a new wind blowing through the design scene in the United States, and it is bringing over some of the most awe inducing work of its time. One of our personal favourites has to be Workstead. They create true works of craftsmanship that have a completely modern air about them. To get to know their craft better, we sat down with designer Robert Highsmith; who brought us up to speed with everything you need to know about this holistic design house.