bernhardt
Founded in 1980 as a separate creative entity by the 118 year Bernhardt Furniture Company, Bernhardt Design has evolved over the years to work with many of the world's outstanding designers, Fabien Baron, Ross Lovegrove, Tyler Brule, Yves Behar, and Arik Levy among them. Regarding the concept of "green" practices, Jerry Helling, the creative director of Bernhardt Design states, "I believe that the concept of creating things of permanence is often overlooked in our discussion about being responsible environmentally. The dialog often seems to focus more on recycling, rather than on creating products that will stand the test of time and not end up in the landfill. Perhaps we should also concentrate on creating things that will last and that we want to keep." Timeless designs are the ones that you connect with, the ones you want to keep, the ones that never seem to go out of style. Bernhardt strives to create a collective of furniture that shares these characteristics by creating designs that are simple, pure, universal and, above all, timeless.