Commissioned by you

CBY are a design studio and workshop in North London. We are consistently approached to help create unusual and inspiring projects, particularly furniture, interiors, and exhibitions. The nature of our team means we often develop close working relationships with our clients. This helps when developing design solutions tailored to suit a brief or a need. Within our workshop and studio we try to maintain an experimental culture, to emphasise play and discovery as well as hard work and skill. We always aim to look past the obvious, to surprise and be surprised. CBY today is driven by Aiko Kubo and Sam Kennedy, whose sense of aesthetics and understanding of making gives the company it’s direction. They are assisted by a team of able and skilled collaborators, who enjoy getting their hands dirty, learning new skills and producing beautiful projects together. CBY (Commissioned by you) was started in 2013 by James Gilpin (currently director of Made by Us, Barcelona). Working from a shared workspace in North London, James utilised his broad set of making, design and business skills to produce a wide array of high quality commissions, developing the company’s brand and winning clients, many of whom we still work with today.