I've gotten to know Ken Tomita, co-founder of Grovemade, over the past several years, but this was the first time I've visited him (and got a tour) of his craft manufacturing facility in a nondescript, old building with no signage in North Portland. Ken was born in Japan to a family of artists and furniture makers and moved to Oregon when he was 7 yrs old. His company Grovemade is a microcosm of the Oregon brand of small batch, super high quality craft products - in his case, it's elevating the home office experience to be the best of the best in design.

Ken, true to his personal brand, is not on social media - but to all of our friends in common, pls post an encouraging comment and I'll read them aloud to him in real life (analog is the new digital).