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By Matt Dougherty
Photography courtesy of Fyrn

1. David Charne and Ros
Broughton in their Bay
Area workshop.
2. The Mariposa chair,
Linden counter stool,
and Stanyan barstool
from the Stemn series,
all with Fyrn's signature
exposed metal bracket.

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SEAT AT THE TABLE
A duo elevates the craft of woodworking

"I had always worked with my hands and
been around woodworking," Ros Broughton
says. In fact, you could say it's in his blood:
In the early 1900s, Broughton's grandfather
helped revive the Hitchcock Chair
Company-among the first chair production
houses in the U.S.
The Connecticut-bred craftsman
moved to San Francisco in 1997 and started
Broughton Woodworking, which catered to
high-end clients seeking custom furniture
and cabinetry, but "I felt like I was struggling
to hold onto [my] craft," he explains. "I just
love making things, and I didn't want to
give that up or have to only make things for
certain types of people." And so, the question

became, "How can I keep doing the things
I love doing while getting it out there into
the world?"
Broughton noticed "a big hole in the
market when it came to mid-priced, highquality, easy-to-get-your-hands-on stuff,"
he says, and thus founded Fyrn in 2012. To
reach a larger audience, and thanks to an
introduction by his brother-in-law, he brought
in David Charne, who was helping brands
such as L.L. Bean and Lululemon grow their
businesses, as his business partner in 2015.
Their debut collection, Stemn, launched
four years later as the firm's "first attempt to
get a very high-quality product out to people
at a fair price," Broughton explains. "If we
got it right with the [six] chairs and stools,"
all of which marry the eye-catching exposed
patented metal bracket to the durable North
American hardwood, Fyrn could eventually
develop other items including tables and
desks. "I wanted to maintain the warmth

of wood and add the strength of metal,"
Broughton says, but create something that
"still looked like a chair."
Because of its unique appearance, the
series-all manufactured in-house in his
Bay Area workshop-has been sourced for
restaurants throughout and around San
Francisco. Belotta, Absinthe Group's Spanish
eatery designed by Kendall Wilkinson,
for instance, boasts his Mariposa and
Stanyan chairs and barstools in dark leather
upholstery to evoke a Mediterranean style.
Next up, Broughton and Charne say
they'll be refining and expanding the Stemn
collection, starting with a lounge chair and end
tables that won't "fit the same exact aesthetic
but will fit our ethos," Charne explains. "We
don't sit around and talk about things for too
long," Broughton adds, "we just make choices-
hopefully good [ones]-and we go." hd
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - October 2017

Hospitality Design - October 2017
Contents
Online TOC
From the Editor
Behind the Design
People
Perspectives
Sketchbook
Trends: Cafés
Interview: Scott Gerber
Interview: Cub
5 Questions For Jack Penrod
Products
Designer Profile: Fyrn
Product Trends: Hardware
Outdoor Furniture
Tables
Casegoods
Special Feature: Art Hotels
Platinum Circle
Anda Andrei
Bill Bensley
Joan Cardy
Walter Isenberg
Projects: Dining in Style
Hospitality Design Portfolio
Ad Index
Back Space: Ashley Sutton
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Intro
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Online TOC
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - From the Editor
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Behind the Design
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - People
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Perspectives
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Trends: Cafés
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Interview: Scott Gerber
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Interview: Cub
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 5 Questions For Jack Penrod
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Products
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 72
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Designer Profile: Fyrn
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Product Trends: Hardware
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 76
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Outdoor Furniture
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Tables
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Casegoods
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 93
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 94
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Special Feature: Art Hotels
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Platinum Circle
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Anda Andrei
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 109
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Bill Bensley
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 111
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Joan Cardy
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 113
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Walter Isenberg
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 115
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - 116
Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Projects: Dining in Style
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Hospitality Design Portfolio
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Ad Index
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Hospitality Design - October 2017 - Back Space: Ashley Sutton
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