“Authenticity is the quality of being genuine or real. Genuine implies actual character not counterfeited, imitated, or adulterated. ‘Authentic,’ ‘genuine,’ ‘bona fide’ means being actually and exactly what is claimed.”

Authentic Design Collection was born to inspire, furnish and support designers, architects, and sophisticated retailers with distinctly refined lighting and furniture that originates with and connects to the person who designed and produced it.

Based in New Jersey, with offices in Chicago, we are a network of creative and original thinkers who pursue and respect originality and are faithful to the manufacturers and artists we partner with.

This passion for design and quality carries through our entire organization. We work with a range of European companies which, in many cases, began as humble family companies that are now second and third generation, and continue carrying the soul of the family with them. We partner with these companies logistically, technically and with our expertise, to ensure that the products we bring to North America are certified UL or ETL, are suitable for the market, and are backed by Authentic Design Collection to be produced in the original factories by the people who created them.