This collaboration was made possible thanks to a generous donation of American hardwood lumber by the Rossi Group and a desire to learn and gain new hands-on experience from both Phantom Hands and Adam Markowitz.
Adam Raphael Markowitz is an architect as well as furniture & lighting designer/maker based in Melbourne, Australia. He has attended graduate schools of design & craft in Australia, The Netherlands, Denmark and the US. Exposed in those schools to fine craft and traditional joinery alongside contemporary design, he has developed a design philosophy that values the intimate connection between design and fabrication, and the new opportunities found at the intersection of modern digital processes and traditional methods of craftsmanship.
Since 2015 his interdisciplinary practice has offered Architectural Services, Design Consultancy, small batch production and bespoke one-off commission work. Markowitz teaches the ExLab experimental Design Studio at the Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne, as well as at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Maine USA.
Phantom Hands is based in Bangalore, India and makes handcrafted, design driven furniture rooted in Indian Modernism. Their collections include re-editions of historically important mid-century designs, as well as contemporary objects created in collaboration with acclaimed furniture designers such as INODA+SVEJE, x+l, Derek Welsh, Klemens Grund, BIG-GAME and Nityan Unnikrishnan. Phantom Hands products are available globally via leading design galleries and furniture showrooms in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Please also follow @phantomhands.
For nearly a century the Rossi Group has been helping customers successfully navigate the complexities of the hardwoods industry in this country, and around the world. In response to your needs, we are setting industry standards with our new state-of-the-art Emporium Mill and kiln facilities, our long-term supply agreements, and our very personal brand of customer service. We are delivering a world class selection of hardwoods - including the gold standard in cherry - all sorted, milled and dried to tolerances, consistencies, and yields that were not even possible five years ago.