It doesn\u2019t matter what you\u2019re designing. It could be shipping containers, soap bottles, flashlights, or conveyors. We all probably have similar habits when it comes to how we sit \u2013 and where we sit \u2013 when we design.<\/p>\n
But there are some, of course, who design the desks. There are some, of course, who design the chairs, and there are some who get new perspectives in unique ways \u2013 that is to say, not only from increasing the distance between their desks and their chairs for a fleeting moment of solitude and free thought.<\/p>\n
Meet the guys at Garrett Brown Designs<\/a>, custom furniture and interior designers who draw their inspiration from a relatively familiar source. \u201cWe both pull a massive amount of inspiration from nature,\u201d Grey Carruth<\/a>, a lead designer, said of himself and owner Garrett Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n Grey continued with an example: \u201cThe topography landscapes that mountains create are art pieces in themselves. We find ourselves utilizing actual topography scapes in our designs.\u201d<\/p>\n Cabinets for a spa in the Newark Airport featuring topography doors, designed the team at Garrett Brown Designs.<\/em><\/p>\n When it comes to ‘landscapes,’ Garrett himself actually started off his design career by designing them,<\/p>\n \u201cMy design career started at the young age of 17. I started my own landscape design company with my brother in my hometown of Silver Spring, MD,\u201d Garrett told me.<\/p>\n At the time, all of their design work was \u201cwas done to scale, by hand.\u201d Funnily enough, considering the utterly awesome designs he and his team manifest today, he \u201cdidn’t even know that 3D design software like SOLIDWORKS existed.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued to work with his brother on their business for about seven years. Then, after \u201ca couple years of odd jobs and wrapping up school at CMC in Steamboat Springs, CO,” he really found himself becoming more interested in the arts.<\/p>\n “My apartment back then had a huge open wall that was in desperate need of a large piece of art,” Garrett recounted. “So, I hired a local artist to help me design and build a 4′ x 10′ piece of art. After we completed the piece, a friend came over and fell in love with it.”<\/p>\n “He asked me if I could make a headboard for him. I said to him, ‘Why not make a full bed?'”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The bed that started it all, combining Garrett\u2019s love of custom furniture building and art inspired by the world around us.<\/em><\/p>\n And so it began!<\/p>\n \u201cIf that client hadn’t asked me to build him a bed,\u201d Garrett professed, \u201cI may never have gone down this path. When I designed and built that first piece, I knew I was hooked for life.\u201d<\/p>\n Fast forward to today, and you\u2019ll see that Garrett, Grey, and the rest of the team not only design \u2018desks\u2019 and \u2018chairs,\u2019 but they design beautiful, imaginative, natural desks and chairs as well. And much more, such as fully custom interiors.<\/p>\n Now, if you wanted to see an example of some of the work I\u2019ve<\/em> done, I could show you some videos I\u2019ve made online. I could probably scrounge up some pictures of some things I’ve created. Some 3D models I might have. With Garrett Brown Designs, you can get a holistic idea for their passions and work just by taking a quick visit to their Instagram page<\/a>, which boasts over 5,400 followers and shows tons of high-quality examples.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/garrett-brown-design-cabinets.jpg\")
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