Independent furniture designers face many challenges today. Between the creative process, physically producing their work, and the entrepreneurial aspects of marketing and selling, an artist needs to ...

The floor-to-ceiling storefront windows on West Broadway frame an airy gallery dotted with one-of-a-kind furniture and wall coverings, or what looks at first glance like standard design-gallery fare ...

Jean Lin first came up with the idea for her designer’s co-op Colony after curating and producing Reclaim NYC, a charity exhibit that operated in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. “I realized that space in ...

Designers of New York collective Colony have collaborated with artists of their choosing to create one-of-a-kind pieces for this exhibition during NYCxDesign. Designers and artists collaborated on ...

An illuminated alabaster totem pole and a marble disk that appears to balance on a neon string feature in New York design collective Colony's politically charged furniture and lighting installation.

When Jean Lin founded Colony in 2015, she established a new kind of platform for New York City’s thriving community of independent furniture, lighting, textile, and object designers. The ...