Design Week Feature: Goebel & Co. Furniture and How St. Louis Fosters New Design Enterprises

St. Louis is currently celebrating Design Week, focusing a spotlight on some of the most innovative designers and professional creative firms in the greater St. Louis Metro Area. Events are being held throughout the City, and especially along St. Louis’ central corridor, from Downtown west to the Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA) in University City. From award-winning restaurateurs to global architectural professionals, St. Louis is home to multiple practices worthy of international design and creative merit. And, there will be much celebrating.

However, the future of how design is fundamentally improving St. Louis as a City may actually be found elsewhere, not in the central corridor but near the River Des Peres and the southernmost edge of St. Louis’ border. Surprisingly, the Patch Neighborhood, a heavily industrial & blue collar part of the City just south of Carondelet, is the new home of an incredibly innovative design & manufacturing practice that would be a treasure for many larger cities.

How this company found its home in St. Louis is as important as what they create.