With visions as strong as these, it's no surprise that most of Hawkins' products are designed by Nick and Paul themselves, who were once Manhattanites before ditching the city for the great outdoors.
With visions as strong as these, it's no surprise that most of Hawkins' products are designed by Nick and Paul themselves, who were once Manhattanites before ditching the city for the great outdoors.
"We came up [to Hudson] on a Friday, went to a wedding on Saturday, and started looking for houses on Sunday," Nick remembers. Then, as happens to many New Yorkers who discover the appeal of the Hudson Valley, "The weekends quickly became three-day weekends, and then." Paul, a retail buyer, continued to work in the city, while Nick, who has a background in retail and visual merchandizing, managed their then-new design business from upstate.
The decision to start a company was also spur-of-the-moment."About six years ago, we were out to dinner with some friends who were lighting makers and they couldn't keep up with production, so we volunteered to help them," Nick recalls. It didn't take long for the duo to start reaching out to other designers, like Nick's friends from his alma mater, the
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