About Us
Oso Industries is a design studio focusing on new applications of concrete for furniture and custom interior design. Inspired by urban living, sculptor and founder Eric Weil and his team individually hand craft multifunctional furniture and architectural elements featuring concrete and other unique materials in clean, geometric forms.
Eric graduated from Oberlin College where he studied sculpture. After studying woodcarving in Ghana, where he was inspired by traditional furniture design, he moved to New York City and worked in a series of manufacturing jobs that used sculpting and mold-making processes. Through these experiences, Eric learned to work with castable materials like concrete, and began experimenting with techniques for coloring it and shaping it into new curvaceous forms. Recognizing concrete's untapped potential for use in design, Eric focused on this adaptable material and founded Oso Industries in Brooklyn in 2002.
Starting with the Rollerboy in 2003, Oso Industries has been pushing the combination of mobility, multifunctionality and creative use of materials. Elevating concrete, often overlooked and considered utilitarian, into beautiful, highly polished surfaces has been the focus ever since.
Oso Industries continues to find new uses for concrete with new colors and textures and coupling it with materials such as stainless steel rebar, poplar and black walnut, and glass.
Products/Services:
Furniture Line - Oso Industries' furniture designs combine traditional materials in new and inventive ways, juxtaposing mass and lightness.
Custom Furniture - Oso Industries works with designers, architects and individuals to create unique concrete furniture that plays with color, scale, texture and mobility. We encourage exploratory design and are eager to collaborate with you to build something truly unique.
Residential Installations - We work with homeowners, designers and architects to create custom concrete installations for private residences.
Commercial Installation - We work with business owners, designers and architects to create custom concrete installations for stores, restaurants, offices and lobbies.
Testimonials:
Some kind words from our customers:
"...[Oso Industries] brilliantly translated our grand scheme for massive arena seating joining our 5000 s.f. mezzanine with our huge 5000 s.f. ground floor with 24-foot soaring ceiling by helping create and then constructing our beautiful, hand-hewn antiquity-era amphitheatre seating centerpiece. We named the space in honor of the structure. The workflow was smooth, the delivery on time, and execution flawless. I can consider no worthier collaborator for architectural centerpieces or exquisite custom-made display furnishings."
-Dan Power, publisher and owner of powerHouse Books and the powerHouse Arena bookstore
" The concept was to use a six foot slab of concrete for the top and support it with a lighter than air aluminum base. Eric at Oso Industries saw no problem with the concept and manufactured the table exactly as our design drawings indicated. The clients love our custom table design... Thanks, Eric!"
-Suzan Globus, Globus Design Associates
" I had a concept for the dining table in my NYC loft apartment that would combine elements of strength and grace - - a seven foot sculptural concrete top with a painterly grey finish, resting on a curved brushed stainless steel base designed to permit maximum seating. Eric designed and executed my concept flawlessly and the resulting table is truly a work of art."
-Eileen Silvers
