Brian Persico Studio is known for its high level of craftsmanship in heirloom quality furniture and objects designed by Brian Persico and Hannah Haworth. The works are made by hand in their upstate New York studio.

"We are inspired by natural and made objects with the primary concept of ‘use.’ Our goal is to create beautiful, utilitarian pieces with local materials that directly fill a need in a human space. We are committed to using natural, renewable materials and prepare many of our own finishes and glues using natural ingredients—local when possible."

Brian Persico is an obsessive researcher of historic hand craft and has a strong background in manual creation, which began with learning woodwork from his Italian grandfather in their basement and continued to a formal education in industrial design at Pratt in Brooklyn. He built his business during his final year, which became a full time design and build service by the time he graduated, eventually evolving into the studio it is today. His fanatical devotion to craft and making is what perhaps makes his work unusual in this age, as he chooses to reference and learn from museums, historical texts and building on material experience, rather than eyeing trends and contemporaries. His aesthetic is spare and based on the principles of functionality and beauty. 

Hannah Haworth grew up in a remote, off-grid indigenous village in the Philippines where most tools, houses, textiles, etc. were made by hand. This would become very formative in her lifelong pursuit of craft. After moving back to Scotland as a teenager, she studied Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art, before emigrating to the US in 2010 beginning a career in hand-crafted furniture at BDDW in NYC. Her love of making and interest in analog processes lead her to launch Handa in 2016; a business specializing in handmade, ancestral textiles. Among other roles at BPS, she handles design, decorative finishing, sales and photography.

The workshop/ studio is located in Oak Hill, NY. Please make an appointment if you wish to visit via info@brianpersico.com

BPS is also available via Evan Kinori in San Francisco and Walker Street Market in Lenox, MA.