About

Egg Collective is a New York-based design firm established in 2011 by Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, and Hillary Petrie.

Before Egg Collective was a company, it was an idea. Conceived of as a creative partnership synthesizing its founder’s backgrounds in art, architecture, and woodworking, this notion evolved into an ethos: Materials are sacred and are imbued with infinite potential. The act of creation carries responsibility. Beauty has value, not merely for reasons of aesthetic gratification, but because the essential character of any object is defined by the circumstances of its creation.

Natural Materials

Each item in Egg Collective’s Design Catalog is handmade from natural materials that are intended to stand the test of time. That inherent solidity extends to every aspect of the company’s production processes. Community, quality, and stewardship of the natural world are at the company’s core. All of Egg Collective’s work is made of the highest quality raw materials in its own workshop and in collaboration with local small-scale fabricators.

In addition to its commitment to high-quality craftsmanship, Egg Collective’s work is united by an underlying attention to detail, surface, and form. The company’s sculptural designs combine elemental shapes with materials that patina and age beautifully including: wood, leather, metal, glass, cork and stone.

Craft + Art

Egg Collective’s origin story is deeply rooted in craft and the artistic process. Prior to launching Egg Collective in 2012, the company’s three co-founders rented a single workbench in a shared woodshop and began building their first collection of designs. Though the company and its production capabilities have grown vastly since then, many of those original designs are still available and are still made by hand in New York City.

Egg Collective currently operates two locations in New York City: a gallery in Manhattan and a work shop just over the bridge in Brooklyn. At the company’s workshop in the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard, highly skilled craftspeople fulfill the company’s mission of creating heirloom quality furniture. These pieces are displayed at the company’s gallery in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, where Egg Collective also showcases studio-created works alongside one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces by emerging and mid-career contemporary artists and designers.

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