RabLabs Home Accessories, Trunkt
19.Jul.2005, 10:08 pmCall me a snob, but as far as I know, the land between the East and West coasts exists solely for the harvesting of soybeans and the manufacturing of those greens into precious non-dairy milk for my overpriced cappuccinos.
Yeah. I’m a snob.
I count three American cities as pals: there’s Manhattan, a lively cutthroat businessman, disinterested in deals not affecting him. And LA is a fabulous publicist, the best at buzzing, and its own finest client. And San Francisco?
A perfect, modern woman: all steely smarts while superbly gorgeous, solidly independent with a humanist heart, cosmo-worldly cultured but minutes away from Mother Earth roots.
And home accessories line RabLabs?
A clear-cut child of that city by the bay: using mostly polished, pure Brazilian agate — shiny, raw-edged discs for coasters, plates, napkin holders, and holiday ornaments — RabLabs highlights the dichotomy between inner and outer surfaces, between manmade and organic.
“My background is in designing consumer and medical products in the Silicon Valley,” says founder Anna Rabinowicz. “In doing this kind of work, I recognized a need in people for whom I was designing. They had houses full of mass-manufactured electronics and computers and seemed to be missing a fundamental connection with objects that had natural irregularity and individuality — objects that were made of materials that felt natural.”
And me?
A huge fan: resting happily on a perfect sliver of agate is many a mug of organic soy cappuccinos.
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