Our Foundation
Egg Collective is a New York–based design studio presenting its own handcrafted furniture alongside one-of-a-kind and limited edition works by contemporary artists at our Tribeca gallery.
Co-founded in 2012 by Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, and Hillary Petrie, Egg Collective was born from a deep friendship and a shared dream. Shaped by the co-founders’ backgrounds in art, architecture, and woodworking that dream became an ethos that still guides the company today: Materials are sacred and imbued with infinite potential. The act of creation carries responsibility. Beauty has value and is rooted beneath the surface, in the choices, hands, and histories that shape an object.
Co-Founders Crystal Ellis, Stephanie Beamer & Hillary Petrie
Scene from the Tarot Room at the company’s “Snake Eyes” Party
Detail of Martie Desk in Maple
Cork bark after harvest
Metal deposits in stone
Our Process
Each piece in Egg Collective’s Design Catalog is handmade from natural materials intended to stand the test of time. This quiet strength runs through every part of our process—rooted in community, guided by quality, and grounded in care for the natural world.
Our work is crafted in-house and in partnership with local fabricators, using the finest raw materials. Sculptural in spirit, each design balances elemental forms with the rich textures of natural materials including: wood, leather, metal, glass, cork and stone.
Because each piece is made by hand, most designs can be customized, shaped to fit the spaces and lives they enter.
Detail of our Julie Dresser in Charcoal lacquer and Antique Brass
Archive Image: The original Julie Credenza built and photographed in 2009
Our Gallery + Workshop
Egg Collective’s origin story is deeply rooted in craft and the artistic process. Before founding the company in 2012, the three co-founders shared a single workbench in a Brooklyn woodshop, hand-building their first collection. Though the company and its production capabilities have grown vastly since then, many of those original designs are still available and are still lovingly crafted by hand in New York today.
Now spanning two locations—a gallery in Tribeca and a workshop in the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard—Egg Collective continues its devotion to timeless design. Each heirloom-quality piece is crafted by skilled artisans and displayed alongside unique and limited-edition works by emerging and established contemporary artists.
Galley Interior: Still from the “Knock on Wood” Exhibition, Spring 2025
Archive Image: The original Fern Console built 2012, photographed 2025