Category: History
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Colin Woodard’s History of Andersen Design
The Craft of Andersen Design was first published in Maine Boats and Harbors April May 2010 issue 109 I needed a history for my display at Barter’s Island Bees, a new local makers’ shop opening this Sunday at the entrance to the Boothbay Center, so I printed up Colin’s article, but the font was very…
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A Business from Scratch
In the year 1952. Weston Neil Andersen and his wife, Brenda, founded Andersen Design. The business development was as handcrafted as the products it produced. I credit the “can-do” philosophy to my father’s roots in the farming culture. Farmers are very independent, self-reliant entrepreneurs. They grow things from the roots up and depend on the…
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Hand Making Ceramics in the USA, The Medium is still the Message
I was raised in a ceramic business in the home, which was different from its surroundings, making me and my siblings outsiders in the classroom environment. When school closed and summer commenced, an alternate reality emerged, a world in which my family’s art was sought after by a wide range of humanity. I felt welcomed…
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Industrial Design, Now and Then: The Andersen Design Journey
Reinventing the online platform as an interactive B2B experience! In my last post, I wrote about an article that I came upon about a revival in cottage industries, Cottage Industry Revival: A Modern Twist on Contemporary Crafts. This is a story that I could have written about a cultural framework fitting my vision for Andersen Design…