Elise McMahon of LikeMindedObjects: Cross Industry Solution Hunting, Wastestream Research & Regional Manufacturing

Basilica Hudson Co-Founder and Directors speaks with Elise McMahon of LikeMindedObjects, a longtime friend and program partner, about her journey to sustainable design, advocacy for reducing landfill waste and more.

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About LikeMindedObjects
LMO creates furniture, accessories and custom interiors in a contemporary joyful aesthetic with a resourceful design eye looking to local materials and technologies that respect communities and environments.  This results in products that focus on healthier materials, reducing landfill waste and respectful labor practices. We believe in sustainable, circular systems, we just don’t want to engage in greenwashing or perfection claiming so keep our language direct to materials and methods :) If you have any questions about our manufacturing practices, we believe in transparency , so please reach out.

LMO is the design studio of artist Elise McMahon, who sees each object as holding a story of social and material culture from extraction to disposal. McMahon’s depth of knowledge around craft and history came from training in the Bauhaus method of design @ Rhode Island School of Design for her BFA & Industrial Design w a focus on Sustainability @ Parsons School of Design for her MFA. Through LikeMindedObjects and other art and education projects, she experiments fluidly towards the seamless combination of art and industry. Her work in Art, Design, Research and Education has resulted in international projects and diverse press coverage. 

About Basilica Hudson
Founded in 2010 by Melissa Auf der Maur and Tony Stone, Basilica Hudson is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts center located in Hudson N.Y. that aims to foster a more sustainable community, ecology and economy through advocacy and innovative multidisciplinary programming. Housed in a reclaimed solar-powered 1880s industrial factory on the riverfront in Hudson, NY,  Basilica Hudson supports the creation, production and presentation of independent arts and culture, and strives to forge experiences that aspire to the scale, grit and beauty of its surroundings.