Verheyden works at his desk in the home office; over-flow projects are tackled in the workshop adjacent to the house, which is covered in black wood.

Quiubox is a floating workshop

This handmade birdhouse can simply be set inside as a conversation piece, or fulfill its duties outside as a home for the local birds.

Forage Modern Workshop in Minneapolis “We carry a large majority of things from the area, and consider the entire Midwest local to us,” says Rebekah Cook, business manager and buyer. “Midwest design is about practical goods.” Photo by Collin Hughes

Local workers built the Kerns Micro House prototype in a nearby workshop out of locally sourced fir.

Fahmida Lam test drives a chair’s comfort level. Photo provided by Thos. Moser.

Willy Chan crafts part of his design during his time in the Thos. Moser workshop. Photo provided by Thos. Moser.

Netagerðin is a combined workshop and atelier for three design firms: BBOLLA, STÁSS, VOLKI and one independent music label, KONGÓ. Photo by: Tiffany Orvet

It all starts with a sketch. Photo provided by Thos. Moser.

Fahmida gets a little assistance from Thos. Moser craftsmen Adam Rogers and Warren Shaw. Photo provided by Thos. Moser.

Fahmida Lam is in action at the Thos. Moser workshop in Auburn, Maine. Photo provided by Thos. Moser.

The panel will explore the importance of melding craftsmanship with high-tech design. Photo provided by Thos. Moser.

From Chan’s portfolio, a cart he designed to facilitate the recycling of waste oil into bar soap. Photo courtesy of Willy Chan.

Willy hard at work on his piece of furniture. The designs will be unveiled at The Apprentice workshop on October 3rd. Photo provided by Thos. Moser

Haverhill Rocker by Monroe Workshop $5,000 Cranbrook graduate Matt Monroe now produces made-to-order furniture in his Los Angeles workshop, like this modern rocker with wool upholstery.

Georgia Dolenz applies finishing touches to Shabby Chic Picture Frames in the Dolenz and Daughters workshop

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Lyle Bradley spent years of weekends and evenings resurrecting an East Boston structure using his carpentry skills, repurposed materials, and clever space-saving interventions. The revitalized 800-square-foot residence joins a rejuvenated backyard, where Bradley’s wife, Kara Lashley, and their daughter, Lily, pose next to Bradley’s new freestanding workshop.

This past spring, Hatch invited California College of the Arts graphic design professor Jennifer Morla to create textiles.

The shop is divided into two zones: a sales floor under a mezzanine and a tailering workshop dominated by machinery and storage racks. Photo by Dorota Zyguła-Siemieńska.

Photo by: David A. Lee

Godziek says the neighboring Geszeft boutique and the niche store Stereo Design helped to inspire the look of the new space. "Good company helped to take up the challenge, which proved to be the revitalization of the sewing factory [that had been] neglected for years," Godziek says. Photo by Dorota Zyguła-Siemieńska.

"The workplace is not isolated," Godziek says. "It is a part of the sales area. This allows clients to have contact with the process of product development and to laern about the company from the inside." Photo by Dorota Zyguła-Siemieńska.

A table in Clinton's workshop frames a cello.

There are two shop windows in the front and two large windows in the back. "This provides ideal conditions for presenting producs and everyday work," Godziek says. Photo by Dorota Zyguła-Siemieńska.

The construction process yielded what Godziek calls "production residues, such as hooks, hangers and lamps." Some of these features were retained. "They serve as a reminder of the long history of the place, which for decades was saturated with tailoring crafts," Godziek says. Photo by Dorota Zyguła-Siemieńska.

Three large containers of debris were hauled away during the construction process, Godziek says. The shop, which had been divided into five smaller rooms, has been transformed into an open, free-flowing space. Photo by Dorota Zyguła-Siemieńska.

The shop specializes in custom ties, pocket squares, bow ties and foulards. Photo by Dorota Zyguła-Siemieńska.

The designer frequently travels to her workshop in Germany, where she collaborates with her team.

Bil’ak designed the NDT Choreography Workshop poster using dancers to spell out “workshop.”

Workshop Kitchen + Bar (Palm Springs, California) Instead of the midcentury style so popular in Palm Springs, Workshop Kitchen + Bar opts for a bold mix of industrial and ecclesiastical design. Concrete “side chapels” flank a communal table underneath a 27-foot peaked ceiling. The exposed pendant lights are by .PSLAB.

De Gunzburg travels often to her workshop in Nepal where she makes rugs for other interior designers as well as for her own collection, S2G Design. Already a hit in Europe, her collaboration with Atelier Courbet is her first foray into the U.S. market.