Chelsea from Pleasant House Bakery on the front of our Winter 2012 Catalog

Working With Great People

Catalog shoots are fun, but they are even more fun when you get to shoot in fantastic spaces inhabited by fantastic people.

This fall we had the pleasure of working with Art Jackson and Chelsea Kalberloh Jackson, chef/owners of Pleasant House Bakery, who live in a retrofitted condo building in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. We shot in their sleek white and stainless steel kitchen (which made the cover of our winter catalog), and set up a bed in their light-filled living room (product and images to be seen in the spring)! We are huge fans of this lovely couple who work hard to run a fantastic savory pie business, taking after Art’s English roots. Their cute dog, Porkchop, also wanted to be in some of the photos… we shall see if he makes the cut!

Then there is the wonderful Angela Finney-Hoffman from Post 27, whose interior design and styling skills are much coveted. Her creativity never stops, especially in her very own home, where she styled our newest line of hand-printed metallic table linens and our upcoming Stitch bedding (available Spring 2013), creating a sophisticated loft-living series that we love! Here are a few sneak peaks. We are thrilled with the turnout of the Winter 2012 catalog and remain ever thankful to everyone involved!

Chelsea from Pleasant House Bakery on the cover of our Winter 2012 Catalog
Pleasant House savory pies look so good on our Stitch Poppy Runner!
Angela Finney-Hoffman on Set
A great shot at Angela's loft, used in the winter catalog.
New metallic linens - Maritime Gold/Natural cloth and Sailor Gold napkins
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Crate&Barrel Celebrates 50 Years!

Crate&Barrel, Oakbrook store 1972

With great pride, I want to congratulate my parents, Gordon and Carole Segal for creating and sustaining Crate&Barrel, now celebrating 50 years this day!  Surrounding themselves with creative and talented people along the way, they executed their passion for good design at affordable prices. Their inspiration came from the beautiful products around the world, from vendors like Torben Ørskov of Denmark, Armi Raitia of Marimekko Finland, and Bernt Dibbern of Germany. Their staff of Barbara Turf, Lon Habkirk, Tom Shortlidge, Raymond Arenson and countless others, all equally shared their passion and without them would not have created the strong company that exists today. Now under the current direction of Marta Calle and the Otto Group, cheers to another 50 years of success and great design in people’s homes and lives!

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Behind The Scenes – Winter Catalog Photo Shoot

With the release of our new catalog, scheduled to arrive at your doors any day now! we thought it would be fun to post some behind-the-scenes photos from our shoot. Though we look rather serious in these images, we had lots of laughs on set with Francois Robert, Jane Gittings Robert, Angela Finney-Hoffman, Bruce Bever, and Wendy Petrosky. Thanks for everyone’s hard work! (Photos by Lyra Jakabhazy)