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texstyle/jamie stern has quietly been producing custom furniture, carpet and leather for the leading architecture and design firms in the U.S. since 1983. Working with design giants such as Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Gensler, Rockwell Group, Vicente Wolf and Robert A.M. Stern, texstyle/jamie stern has established itself as an important supplier for corporate, hospitality, university, restaurant and residential projects.
Institutions and businesses as diverse as the Chairman of the Boards offices of McGraw-Hill and Morgan Stanley, Ivy League schools including Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth have ordered from texstyle/jamie stern’s catalogue or have specified custom pieces.
“Initially half of our business was custom,” says texstyle/jamie stern's founder Jamie Stern. We have now developed design partnerships with some of the leading product designers in the industry. Brian Graham, Vincente Wolf, Phillipe David and Conrad Marini have all contributed successful collections to the texstyle/jamie stern catalog. “We provide high quality, well priced products because we have tight partnerships with our factories.”
While Stern’s name may not be well known outside of production circles, he has been working in the design business for more than 30years. He started with Boris Kroll Fabrics in 1979, at a time when there were only two major manufacturers producing upholstery, Kroll and Jack Lenor Larsen. Several years later, Stern started representing fabric companies as an independent sales rep, taking on such clients as Edelman Leather.
In 1990, Stern started Texstyle/Jamie Stern as a business offering custom-ordered furniture, carpet and leather. “Ultimately, I saw the way furniture and textile companies were being run, and I felt there was a missing ingredient.,” Stern says. “I sought to create a more user-friendly company with a deep understanding of architect and designer needs.” This philosophy centered on a closer working relationship between sales and manufacturing. By controlling the manufacturing , the sales organization would be able to extend the standard catalog to include custom furniture, rugs and leather to the design community.
Stern has developed enduring relationships with world class firms as diverse as Gensler, Ted Moudis, Looney and Associate, Vincente Wolfe, Getty's, and countless others , because he delivers. "We offer a unique capability to the designer. Whether it's design, colors, price or lead time, our manufacturing allows us to cater to a designer's individual needs for the largest order or even one sofa!" |
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