Modern Metal | Virtual Fellowship
Annie Kantor, founder, Modern Metal spoke of the challenges and excitement of starting your own company – and being its designer too! She discusses her design process, sampling, mistakes made, and problems solved.
“Be bold, take risks, and trust your gut. It’s okay to make a ‘wrong turn’. I was in law school and realized this wasn’t right for me. At the time it was a crisis, but now I view it as a positive, and it actually helps me. Any experience is valuable, you are learning something that will help you one day. You’ll learn from your mentors and leaders both positive and negative, how you want to be, and how you don’t want to be when you are in that position someday.”
Annie Kantor
Annie Kantor earned her B.F.A. in Textile Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She honed her craft working in the contract textile industry designing woven upholstery and panel fabrics, serving as Head of Custom Studio at Maharam.
While tackling the renovation of a period home in Oakland, Annie became frustrated by the lack of enticing designs in metal. She saw an opportunity to apply her expertise in repeating-pattern design and developed a line of custom metal work that blossomed into Modern Metal.
She now brings a full array signature designs in the form of grilles, heat registers, vents, and custom metal doors and panels to architects and interior designers nationwide through Modern Metal.
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