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Brian Fireman specializes in the design and construction of unique wood furniture. His style is organic and fluid, elegant and graceful. Each piece is made to order from his studio, nestled within the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. He works on a commission basis, as well as offering an existing collection that is customizable and available in a broad range of woods, sizes, and dimensions.
Brian Fireman specializes in the design and construction of unique wood furniture. His style is organic and fluid, elegant and graceful. Each piece is made to order from his studio, nestled within the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. He works on a commission basis, as well as offering an existing collection that is customizable and available in a broad range of woods, sizes, and dimensions.
Growing up hiking, backpacking, and kayaking throughout the rolling Blue Ridge Mountains imbued Fireman with a deep connection to the natural world. This led to an undergraduate degree in geology from Colorado College in 1992, affording him the opportunity to step back and observe the traces left behind as the history of the planet unfolded. This notion of making the invisible visible and revealing part of a process is something he aims for in his furniture designs. Upon graduation, he spent much time travelling in India and Nepal. Ancient wood and stone structures, indigenous homes and Buddhist monasteries piqued his interest in the built environment. He soon enrolled in a graduate architecture program at Virginia Tech, earning his degree in 2001. There, he became fascinated with the tectonic nature of building, where the forces generating a particular structure are revealed through a choice of construction and materials.
While working for a high-end residential architecture firm, it became clear that he missed a truly hands-on approach to both design and making. Soon, Fireman shifted his focus to furniture. His influences come from the built environment and natural world: A bridge by Santiago Calatrava, an indigenous Japanese folkhouse, or the gently curving neck of a heron. He allows the inherent beauty and natural characteristics of the wood influence his designs, balancing each piece’s practicality with its structural, sensual, and formal qualities. His furniture invites the hands to see and the eyes to touch.
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