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Hi Tyler..... Congratulations on all your success's. Of course your mom and Grandma Gin keep us well appraised. For a great tour of your place next time I'm in New York I won't tell any of your childhood stories. Hugs Bea Jean

I visited BDDW last week. Beautiful space, beautiful stuff -- all very clean and crisp-lined. The staff is low-key and friendly, without an attitude problem.

Some chairs were very short on comfort. I ordered a table instead.

great space, fresh simple clever design. people at bbdw are friendly and helpful including the young boxer dog.

The purity drew me in back in 2000. I have moved away now, but I recall an excellent display of craft and humility. It appears you have managed to create a gulf between yourself and the rest of the pack. Your passion leaks through. Very inspiring!
I will continue to point folks your way.
Phillip McVean

you guys are doing the stuff what i'm been doing for 27 years!!!
and i'm working in williamsburg too.
come and let's have a talk!

Tyler Hays cares. It is a labor of love. He wants you to walk away with a piece of his love. You can't do better than that!

Ove! I've been looking for you for ages! please reply on irinakara@hotmail.com. Hope you are well.

And by the way, nobody is making furniture better then you.. :-)

Inspirational is how i see your work. Your gallery breaths life and originality into the design world. When i need to exhale and take it back; i simply walk in to BDDW.

I've been to BDDW's showroom (very beautiful) and to their woodshop in Philadelphia and know some of the employees fairly well. And I think forwardthunk (a disgruntled john e-r., according to most guesses by employees) is simply bitter and angry after being let go after a brief two weeks (a trial period in which he proved unemployable - had he not been fired, he would've gotten health benefits, a very competitive wage, and a cool, stable (and safe) place to work). It's been almost a year since your firing -you are 25 now and far too old for this - I hope soon you will find a good job, an end to your bitterness (perhaps real therapy, not apartment therapy?), and better ways to spend your evenings that do not include posting on-line lies about a good employer and company whose only transgression was to find you lacking the skills needed of their artisans, workers, and craftspeople (yes, women work in the woodshop too!).

BDDW's woodshop has been welcomed by Philadelphia - it has brought well-paying jobs and a new creativity to a struggling neighborhood (and city and country) where safe and well-paid manufacturing and artisan jobs are increasingly rare (where else can recent art school grads even think of finding a job these days?). Having seen it, I believe BDDW's production process (good working conditions, benefits, and wages in a safe and creative environment) is as beautiful as their final products (a rarity these days) and I'm quite happy to see they have not allowed themselves to grow so big or uncaring that they move production overseas to some sweatshop (it's clear john r. has never seen the inside of a real sweatshop or he wouldn't throw the term about so lightly). These creations really are a labor of love.
Bravo to BDDW.

I have a medium sized custom woodworking shop five minutes from BDDW's facility. Upon hearing that they moved there, I went over to introduce myself. I was blown away by every aspect of the shop. From lumber in stock to the finished and unfinished pieces of furniture to the machinery to the radiant heat that they were putting into the new plant floor that they were pouring, everything pointed to a top flight company. I saw no attempts to cut corners. I saw nothing that would place employees in harm's way.

I recommended that an architect freind of mine apply for a woodworking job there. She did and was hired and is thrilled to be working (with health insurance and other benefits) for BDDW and Tyler. I went to the company Christmas party and saw dozens of happy, seemingly well adjusted employees enjoying themselves. With its jobs, artistic integrity and superior design and products how could BDDW be anything but a welcome addition to the creative community of Philadelphia?