Manifold Design produces beautifully handcrafted modern furniture made of solid hardwoods locally harvested in the Catskill Mountains of New York. The designs are elegant, functional and intelligently conceived with flexibility and practicality in mind. Every piece can be ordered with custom dimensions.

An important goal of Manifold Design is to advance ecological considerations with high quality construction, materials and recycling: efficient use of local hardwoods rather than plywood made elsewhere; designing and producing small objects so that scrap wood is used rather than discarded; composting wood shavings and sawdust; promoting better technologies such as LED lighting; etc. This sustainable process coupled with invention and artistry yields a long lasting work of art. Quality is ecological.

Rick Pereira is an industrial designer with ten years of experience in furniture design and production. He holds a master's degree from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. While living and working for four years in Rome, Italy, he apprenticed with furniture maker Irene Ferri and was the design assistant to Kevin Walz, an expat New York interior, product and furniture designer.

Article: Enduring Form and Function, Kaatskill Life, Summer 2011.