The rise and fall of Design Within Reach

Lawsuits, bad management, and knockoffs, oh my! From Fast Company:

Discontent has steadily grown among formerly stalwart DWR supporters. New York-based textile designer Sandy Chilewich, whose rugs and mats are stocked by DWR ($280 to $600), says she’s considering pulling her business and has been talking with other DWR designers about banding together to “tell them we don’t approve.” Eames Demetrios, grandson of Charles and Ray Eames and the guardian of their legacy, says, “DWR has been a great ambassador for the Eames story and DWR hasn’t carried knockoff Eames product, but I think one needs to look beyond that. In the long run, we don’t see our authentic product being sold next to knockoff products of any kind.”

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