Doug & Gene Meyer

In most design circles, the names Doug and Gene Meyer tend to dispense introductions. The designers have been renowned for producing highly accomplished colorful manifestations of home product, interiors and fashion collections for decades, having cemented their reputation amongst other designers, clients, editors and museum curators.

Both Meyer brothers attended Parsons School of Design in New York City. Gene studied Fashion Design while Doug opted for Fine Arts. Between them, they worked for numerous personalities and brands such as Holly Solomon, Donna Karan, Anne Klein, and Geoffrey Beene. Gene went on to launch eponymous women's and men's collections for which he won two CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Awards, whereas Doug became a private dealer specializing in mid twentieth century furniture and also an acclaimed interior designer. Doug has landed on Architectural Digest France“80 Most Influential Designers In The World” for three years running.

Known collectively and individually as master colourists, each brother brings his singular perspective and visual references to each interior or product designed by the studio. Their designs are based on a shared logic of geometry that incorporates historical design references from the eighteenth century to modern times. Even if Doug and Gene Meyer start their design process by referencing subtle and classic forms, their final products are invariably mixed with graphic shapes, revealing the brothers’ obsession for texture and color mixing. If the design structure that influences their work is clearly Modernist, it is the confident and playful mastery of color that makes Doug and Gene Meyer’s work not only coveted by buyers but also admired by their creative peers.

Douglas Levine

Douglas Levine is a designer of interiors and furniture. He worked as Director of Design for Holly Hunt, Ltd. for most of the 90's, collaborating with Holly on the debut of the Studio Collection & Great Plains Textiles. Doug created his own company, L Corp. in 1998. Doug has contracted with Bright Chair Co. in New York & Manheim Ruseau in Dallas to re-image and reposition their product lines.

Doug designs furniture that blurs the lines between traditional, contemporary and classic, straddling both contract; hospitality and the residential markets, and presents new lines annually at NeoCon. Doug also designs a select number of residential interiors, working with clients who seek his clean eye.

For Doug, creation is a process that flows through historical references, digesting without mimicking. He distills only the most essential, or most mysterious, elements, discarding clutter in favor of a subtle state of grace. Doug's designs reveal a spot-on intuition for what is needed in a room or in a piece of furniture - he has no interest in decoration or embellishment - and the result is a deceptively simple sophistication, elegant and modern.

Jamie Brown

Jamie Brown is a third generation furniture manufacturer and the grandson of the Ruseau Furniture Company’s founder. Jamie is the President and owner of Manheim Ruseau LLC, a luxury furniture manufacturer located in Dallas, Texas. Under his guidance, Link Outdoor has drawn from his company’s archives to develop the Ruseau Collection of outdoor furniture.

Founded in 1932, Ruseau possesses a library of over 2,500 archival furniture patterns that borrow from European movements and exemplify the company’s foundation. It is here one captures the essence of furniture making in a bona fide way; skilled artisans at work on precisely detailed interpretations of classic designs for everyday use, but with uncommon refinement rarely seen in modern outdoor furniture manufacturing.

A unique resource for prominent interior designers and architects, Ruseau is well acknowledged for its hand crafted interpretations of English, French and Italian antiques. The company is also renowned for embracing contemporary designs, where specialty finishes, hand-carved detailing, functionality, and modern proportions are the criteria for 21st Century living.