Wear Many Hats Episode 23 — Ed Be & Jared Blake — Lichen NYC
Hey everyone it’s Rashad and this is Wear Many Hats presented by Dahsar where we talk about your main gig then we talk about your side hustle.
Lichen is a Brooklyn based interior design incubator.
Ed Be & Jared Blake partnered in 2017 combining years of experience collecting, selling and trading designer furniture throughout NYC.
Together they aim to create a community of lich-minded individuals enthused by music, creativity, and design.
Big Lichen is at 98 Moore Street and Lil Lichen is at 131 Manhattan Ave both in Brooklyn.
I first met Ed and Jared when I came in and peeped the USM Hallers for my crib, dropped stacks and had them delivered.
When I come into the shop they’re always welcoming and sharing what new pieces they got in store. Educating me with new pieces that always end up in my crib such as the Little Big Chair by Jeff Miller.
Their team consists of the homies Vian and Eric from Fragile Glass.
Designing their own Lichen furniture with Alvaro Ucha Rodriguez such as their in house V1.5 coffee table.
They carry the Flowers 4U half photo and notebook zine, they’re collaborations consists of a sock collection with Comme Si, Bookends with Let’s Do Better, House Music with Look Studios and COMMA and Pink Essay for Open Studio
Lichen is featured in Architectural Digest, Vogue, Sight Unseen, Clever and High Snob.
This is the new version of MTV cribs, please welcome Ed Be & Jared Blake from Lichen NYC.
You know the first time I ever heard of LICHEN was when the homie Grace Hwang of Lucky Numbr, collectively designed the collab t-shirt. She’s a Philly homie and I slept on it hard, with the ‘We are happy to serve you’ coffee cup back print. Dropped on 4/20 2019.
And then I love that the new A to B special delivery tee you traded a desk chair for a shirt design from Ruth Kim also part of the Lucky Numbr collective. It features a new Lichen logo that you guys put up the decal on the shop.
But I went to the House Music release party at the og location and it was tight. The bathtub was filled with beers, everyone packed in, and the party was poppin.
Everytime I see the Bamboo dividers now I think of classic Lichen. It’s a staple piece you guys carry.
How did Lichen Begin?
Where did you guys grow up?
Go to school?
How did you guys meet?
How did you guys get into furniture?
Lichen Playlists
I love that you guys work with the design and music community on designing covers for the playlist shout out SGLD and Renald Louissant for the covers the latest playlist is lit
Homeroom Series
The Homeroom series is hella dope. The first one featuring Eric Mayes and Che of Clips Co-Op is fire featuring the USM Haller.
You guys asked me to be a part of it and I was honored haha. Purchasing my first big pieces of furniture at Lichen got me to appreciate more other pieces.
What are some other Homeroom series that you guys featured?
Architectural Digest
Congrats on the feature on AD
What are your favorite designers?
I love that you guys urge for your customers to touch and sit on the merch.
In Store Cafe — What are some of your favorite brews you carry on deck?
Lil Lichen
So what are some of the brands that you carry at Lil Lichen? What is the concept behind the smaller shop?
Lichen Merch is fire
I love that you traded a desk chair for a shirt design from Ruth Kim also part of the Lucky Numbr collective.
Wear Many Hats
What do you guys like to to outside of Lichen or when you’re not sourcing furniture?
If you were to get a chest tattoo quote in olde english what would it be?
Plug your socials where can people find you?
Till next time this is Wear Many Hats presented by Dahsar with your host Rashad. We out!
