about the curatorialist
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We're two architects who met in graduate school in New York, studying architecture, art, history, and design. Today we practice from Oregon, and we run The Curatorialist alongside our client work.
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What we choose
Objects we believe in: honestly made, built to last, and better with age. Behind each piece is a maker who knows their craft and a material that improves with use.
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Why it matters to us
How we spend our time and money is one of the more consequential decisions we make. Not in a heavy-handed way, but in the simple sense that owning something well-made for twenty years is a more interesting life than replacing something disposable every two. We're trying to make that choice easier and a lot more enjoyable.
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Where we work
Near our home in Oregon is a working farm where we go to slow down. Everyone needs a place like that, and we hope these objects help make one of yours.
A note about the name
The Curatorialist is a portmanteau of two words: curator and specialist.
A curator selects, orders, and gives meaning to things — not just collecting, but for making an argument in why certain objects, ideas, and makers belong together. A specialist brings a depth of knowledge to a subject, the kind that comes from years of study.
We liked the tension in combining them. The Curatorialist is the attempt to hold both at once, to bring a genuine point of view to the things we carry.
There is also something in the suffix -ist that appealed to us. It implies a practice, an ongoing commitment, a way of moving through the world rather than a fixed position. A curatorialist is never finished.