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Six Picks: Thomas O'Brien of Aero Studios & Copper Beech

Thomas O’Brien is an interior and home furnishings designer and author based in New York City and Long Island. He is the founder of Aero Studios, one of America’s leading design firms, and the creator of popular home furnishings from lighting, furniture, and carpets to tableware and unique ranges of accessories. At heart, he is a lifelong collector who brings together things old, new, and from all parts of the globe, as a shopkeeper in his own stores. In 1992 Thomas opened Aero, his original store, as the retail extension of his studio. In 2016 he and his husband, designer Dan Fink, opened a modern country general store and gourmet market, Copper Beech, in the seaside Long Island village of Bellport. Equal parts hometown, nautical and classically French in inspiration, Copper Beech celebrates the pairing of home and travel in a hand-picked assortment of goods, gifts, and culinary favorites for the household, kitchen, and garden.

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Six Picks: Michele Varian

Michele Varian is a designer and shop owner based in New York. Having launched her first shop in SoHo almost 20 years ago, she recently moved both her shop and fabrication studio to Brooklyn's Atlantic Ave, where she joined a robust community of independent, owner operated design and retail businesses. She designs her own collections of textiles, lighting, wallpaper and furniture, which are made locally.

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Six Picks: Paul Niski of GOOD

Paul is a former Creative Director and Design Consultant, with a background in architecture and graphic design. He has worked in-house for Bloomingdale’s and the Gap Inc. And has consulted on numerous design projects across the globe including Mulberry (London), Anthropologie (Philadelphia), Gucci, Trussardi, (Italy), Wave (Bangkok), and Crabtree & Evelyn (London/CT). A native of Chicago, he has always had wanderlust, and through his extensive travel, has searched for beauty and design inspiration in the cities, towns and places that he has lived in and traveled to. When he came to Boston from NYC on a one-year design project, he could never imagine that we would be living here 20 years later — deciding to leave corporate life for a smaller more intimate project of his own. Over time the design history of New England drew him in, and influenced his design approach, aesthetic and the current evolution of his shop “good”.

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Six Picks: Howard Thornton of SFMOMA

Pollock had his first show here, as did Gorky — and some of our favorite brands for home and gift have gotten their start or made their way into the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s famed Museum Shop over the years. Known for being one of the most imitated and pace-setting museum stores in the country, the shop carries an extensive array of complementary souvenirs to the museum’s collection of more than 33,000 pieces of contemporary masterworks, as well as the best selection of brands and designers from around the world. SFMoMA and the Museum Store are both open now, with COVID precautions and limited capacity in place, so book a time and enjoy the serenity of social distancing if you’re local. We’re always keen to know what catches their buying team’s eyes at Shoppe Object, so we’re pleased to present six standouts from the Shoppe On Marketplace selected by SFMoMA’s Interim Museum Store Director Howard Thornton.

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Six Picks: Phoebe Cates Kline of Blue Tree

Phoebe Cates Kline dreamed up Blue Tree as “a general store, but according to me.” The former actress, best known for her roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (who can forget the red bikini) and the Gremlins movies, has owned and operated Blue Tree in Carnegie Hill for over 15 years, where she is most proud of the fact that three members of her staff have been with her since the very beginning. There are no rules as to what Blue Tree carries. As Phoebe puts it — “We are always re-inventing and recreating in the hopes of delighting”. If only the warmth and joy that her customers feel upon entering Blue Tree could be bottled and sold!? Instead, that comes for free. Check out Phoebe’s Six Picks from Shoppe On!

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Six Picks: Jojo Feld of Food 52

The Food52 Shop leads with community - the customer's needs and delights from the kitchen to the table to the sofa, the stories of the history and craft of its many products and makers (big and small!). Jojo and her team believe that the intersection of function, beauty, and heart make for a successful retail business, and are thrilled to be a part of the Shoppe Object community. Meet Jojo Feld, Food52’s VP of Buying, Merchandising and Supply Chain as she shares her 6 Picks and favorite objects from Shoppe On!

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