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Daniel Hellman (left) and Eric Chang

Wood Work
Longtime friends Daniel Hellman and Eric Chang team up to create a handmade wood furniture line.
BY MEGAN KR AUSE

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ven in high school, Daniel Hellman and Eric Chang knew the difference between good and bad design. When a local store was selling what they viewed as ugly, overpriced fish tank stands, the teenagers opted to design and build their own. “It was a great inspiration to get us started,” Hellman says. Along with a passion for design and hand-craftsmanship, they also shared a strong entrepreneurial spirit: After high school, Chang co-founded a marketing agency while attending New York University’s Stern School of Business for Finance and Marketing, and Hellman ran a music recording business as a student at Northwestern University, where he studied classical guitar performance.

The friends reunited after college and began renting space in a Brooklyn furniture and artist studio co-op. And in 2006, they launched luxury furniture line HellmanChang. It turned out to be an auspicious debut: The designers submitted their Z Pedestal Table to Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards for 2006 and won. That blast of publicity resulted in a commercial order for The Four Seasons Seattle. And that work, in turn, led to contracts for such high-profile clients as the Waldorf Astoria, the Ritz-Carlton and the Setai Hotel. Looking back, Chang, now 29, says getting the Four Season commission was a bit surreal. “We had to pinch ourselves a few times, but it was a great confidence booster,” he says. “It felt like everything had paid off.”

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Boutique Design - January/February 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Boutique Design - January/February 2012

Boutique Design - January/February 2012
From the Editor
Contents
Boutique Design Editorial Advisory Board
In This Issue
Boutique Buzz
Call for Nominations: The Boutique 18
Novel Approach
Boutique’s Elite
Twelve Timely Trends
Worlds Apart
Vendor Profile: Hellman-Chang
DreamBook: Game On
Seating
Flooring
The Last Detail: Honeycomb restaurant
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Intro
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Boutique Design - January/February 2012
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Cover2
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 1
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - From the Editor
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 3
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Contents
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 5
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Boutique Design Editorial Advisory Board
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - In This Issue
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Boutique Buzz
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 9
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 10
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 11
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Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 16
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 17
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Call for Nominations: The Boutique 18
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 19
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Novel Approach
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 21
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 22
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 23
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Boutique’s Elite
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 25
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Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 28
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Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 33
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Twelve Timely Trends
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Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 36
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 37
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Worlds Apart
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Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 40
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 41
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Vendor Profile: Hellman-Chang
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Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 44
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 45
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - DreamBook: Game On
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Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 49
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 50
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 51
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Seating
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 53
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 54
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 55
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - Flooring
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Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 60
Boutique Design - January/February 2012 - 61
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