The Forge
A small Connecticut studio turning digital designs into objects you can hold — made the slow way, one deliberate layer at a time.
We didn't set out to build a brand. We set out to make things we'd be proud to hold — and to do it our way.
No mass production. No shortcuts. Just two people, a handful of machines, and a stubborn belief that beautiful objects should be made with intention.
Our Story
Design Two Forge started as two friends, a borrowed printer, and a garage that smelled like resin and ambition.
We had no roadmap, no investors, no safety net — just a stubborn belief that beautiful objects should be made with intention, not churned out by the thousand.
What began as late-night experiments grew into a small studio built around one idea: every design is drawn, refined through layers of precision printing, and inspected by hand before it ever reaches you.
The principles behind every piece
Made by hand
Every piece is touched, sanded, and finished by a person — not just pushed off a line.
Precision in layers
Drawn digitally, printed in microns, refined until the detail earns its place.
No shortcuts
We'd rather make fewer things well than many things halfway. Quality over quantity, always.
Made to be kept
Objects designed to last and be proud of — inspected against our own standard before they ship.
From sketch to shelf
We design and manufacture our own products from the ground up, right here in Connecticut. Today our small team handles everything in-house: design, printing, finishing, and shipping — the same care we started with, just at a bigger scale.
Design
Every piece starts on a screen — sketched, modeled, and refined until it earns its place.
Built layer by layer in our Connecticut studio, where patience beats speed.
Finish
Sanded, polished, and detailed by hand until it feels as good as it looks.
Inspect
Checked against our own standard — not a price tag — before it ever ships.
We're still a small team. We still answer every message. And we still get a little excited every time a box leaves the shop. If something we made ends up on your shelf, we want you to feel the same care we put into it.
— The Two at the Forge