{"id":27293,"date":"2013-10-07T12:06:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T16:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=27293"},"modified":"2016-07-21T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T18:17:35","slug":"artists-studio-carl-pete-daniel-gothamsmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2013\/artists-studio-carl-pete-daniel-gothamsmith\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Artist’s Studio with Robert Blinn, Carl Collins, Peter Knocke & Daniel Stillman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"theSome designers have a creative studio, some have a company work space, but for this Studio Tour I rode my bike to the apartment of Carl Collins, the gathering-space of GothamSmith<\/a>. It was early on a Tuesday morning and before they went their separate ways for the day, Pete, Daniel, and Carl got together around a handmade wooden table to meet with me and get some work done. There were few idle hands at the table; as we talked about how they all met and became GothamSmith, Carl was busy sketching new designs, Pete stamped their logo on muslin bags, and Daniel cut chain to assemble necklaces with pendants just delivered by Shapeways<\/a> – a NYC-based 3D printing service that brings their designs to life. <\/em><\/p>\n

As they reminisced about their original meeting space – a now-closed watering hole – and flipped through a book of anecdotes and inside jokes that they published for each other a couple years back, I couldn’t figure out which came first, the business or the friendship. Although Rob wasn’t able to join, I could tell these four guys are as passionate about their friendship as they are about their brand, an idea born from a lack of manly items at a handmade craft show.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meet the guys of GothamSmith!<\/p>\n

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\"theWhat are your most essential tools?<\/strong>
\nWhiskey, a pen, a napkin, and conversation. We are a social bunch who handle most ideas, debates, and challenges while out and about in the city.<\/p>\n

Where do you find inspiration within this space?<\/strong>
\nWe find inspiration in each other when we are in this space. It\u2019s filled with so many elements of culture and history that it sparks constant debates. Just being surrounded by all of these design artifacts and books makes it easy to just grab an item and start a conversation.<\/p>\n

\"insideWhere does down time fit into a day in the studio?<\/strong>
\nThe four founders of GothamSmith all split time amongst various day jobs as well as other side projects. What is this \u2018down time\u2019 thing you speak of?<\/p>\n

What was the toughest lesson you learned as young designers starting a business?<\/strong>
\nOrganization and planning can be so boring and difficult, but it is so critical to any form of success.<\/p>\n

What advice would you offer the you of 5 years ago?<\/strong>
\nStay Focused, Keep Moving<\/p>\n

\"inside\"insideHow do you set goals for the team?<\/strong>
\nMost of our goals are simply tied to the products that we want to make and how long we can tolerate them not being real.<\/p>\n

How and when do you decide to celebrate a victory?<\/strong>
\nWe are a tight group of friends that is somewhat always celebrating. Life is about appreciating all of the little bits of beauty around you while pushing yourself to greater and greater successes.<\/p>\n

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When asking them to creatively convey the team’s favorite quote, all they had to do was flip to a page in their book.<\/em><\/div>\n

What quote keeps you motivated?<\/strong>
\nIt is a reminder of the abundance of life.<\/p>\n

What are some new skills you are trying to acquire to perfect your craft?<\/strong>
\nIn the world of 3D Printing, we are all constantly figuring out the medium. Sometimes things work for random reasons and a lot of time they don\u2019t. We are constantly sketching, prototyping, and refining everything from how we model pieces to what finishes create the aesthetic we want.<\/p>\n

\"inside\"insideHow do you recharge your creativity?<\/strong>
\nLive music, museums, beaches, long bike rides, road trips, art exhibits, Dim Sum… basically anything the city throws at us.<\/p>\n

Where does collaboration come into play with your craft?<\/strong>
\nGothamSmith would not exist if it were not for the founders all having the same frustrations and passions. We collaborate on everything because GothamSmith only happens when we come together. We\u2019re a bit like if Voltron came from Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The dudes of GothamSmith open the doors to their Brooklyn work space to share how their manly creations come to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":29988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[743],"tags":[40,365,910],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49415,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27293\/revisions\/49415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}