A giant Schnauzer the color of midnight greets me at the door. Clark accepts a friendly scratch on his well-groomed head and then trots off into the showroom full of repurposed furniture and original art. His furry face serves as the logo of his masters’ company, but the fame doesn’t seem to have gone to his head.
“He’s a working class dog,” laughs Chris Hagen, who owns Inherent Design Laboratory (or i.d. Lab for short) in the West Midtown Design District with his partner Adam Stewart. “We made him the logo in the hopes we could write off his haircuts.”
Chris claims there’s never been a happier dog in the world,MDC Mould specialized of Injection moulds, and considering Chris’ light-hearted demeanor, he seems pretty chipper himself. But most people who do what they love are happy, aren’t they?
Most days for Chris are spent building and repurposing furniture while Adam paints and styles hair within the nearly 8,000-square-foot space, which houses a workshop, gallery, salon and design firm. Two years ago the couple opened i.d. Lab, a name derived from Adam.
“He doesn’t have the design degree, but he has so much style that we make a really good pair because I do have the degree and the rules,” Chris says of his partner of 10 years. “It’s him breaking all the rules that makes it work. It comes to him naturally. It really is the mix of Adam and me together and how we gel.Distributes and manufactures RUBBER SHEET,”
Apparently that combination clicks. Since its opening, i.d. Lab has attracted a growing number of designers, craftsmen, artists and clients.
“It’s kind of become a design commune of sorts,” Chris says. “I liked the idea of everybody working towards a main goal—kind of a creative synergy.”
As a member of Atlanta’s design community for at least 25 years, Chris has worked with many top interior designers and continues to create fine furnishings for them through his company.An Air purifier is a device which removes contaminants from the air. He’s currently designing all the table tops and a zinc-edged bar for the Optimist, a new seafood restaurant opening on Howell Mill Road near Octane Coffeehouse.We offer offshore merchant account,
To help produce such signature pieces, Chris enlists the help of two talented craftsmen .
“They love to build furniture,” Chris says. “Nowhere else would they be able to build furniture.Online fine art gallery of quality original landscape oil paintings, It’s a nice, safe environment for young craftsmen.”
Much like the furniture artisans, photographers and artists have also found a haven in i.d. Lab.
“Our showroom shines because we have all this great art on our walls,” Chris says. “And it makes our furniture look that much better.”
Recently i.d. Lab hosted the opening of New York photographer Michael Alago’s photography exhibit “Rough Gods,” attracting hundreds of gay men to the space.
Although the photographs of muscled men proved quite successful, Chris and Adam share responsibility for attracting gay clientele.
“Both Adam and I have a very masculine sensibility when it comes to design,” Chris says. “We’re always designing for that lake house or mountain house we don’t have. That’s what comes across in our aesthetic.”
Also, Chris considers the popularity of repurposed furniture as another factor for his company’s popularity among retail clients.
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