about skram:
Established in 2001, skram furniture company designs and fabricates modern furnishings for residential, commercial, and hospitality markets. Featuring the designs of jacob marks, skram furniture is dedicated to redefining American craft in the context of modern design.
Known for extraordinary workmanship and spare but approachable design, skram furniture is functionally-tuned and well-suited to a range of environments. Their products are intended for an audience that values the company’s commitment to innovative design, sustainable practices, and authentic materials.
Skram is based in hillsborough, north carolina, a colonial town in the state’s piedmont region. Their 17,000 square foot manufacturing facility, located in a former cotton mill, is organized to permit the efficient manufacture of its made-to-order product line. The company welcomes requests for original custom designs and custom modifications of existing designs; most of skram's product line can be modified in material, scale, or configuration to accommodate specific needs.
about the designer:
Recently named one of the top 50 young designers of the Americas (Young Designers: Americas, Daab, 2006), Jacob Marks’ work is rooted in a philosophy that argues for the inextricability of good design and fine workmanship. A self-taught furniture maker and designer, Marks’ furnishings exhibit uncompromising technical mastery, and a distinctive austerity and warmth that speaks to his desire to create objects of enduring value. Recognized for his organic, hand-carved chairs, and spare, rectilinear casegoods — unique in their negotiation of proportion, line and visual weight — Marks’ designs for Skram have garnered broad praise and been showcased in a range of residential and commercial spaces throughout north america and internationally.
