After that, I did a stint in design research where I met my current boyfriend in China.Īfter that it was pretty clear that I was going to move to San Francisco to be with him. I studied forestry in grad school and spent six months in the field studying energy use in a village in China. In an interview you did Little Farm Media, you said it was Abacus Row was born out of “love and unemployment.” What’s the deal? Tell us about Abacus Row (which is about to turn three in December.)

I had some aggressive ones that didn’t make the cut, like “Meticulous as Fuck.” They have this whole concept of creating notions letterpress cards with positive messages. I recently did one with Parallel Printshop. We have a similar aesthetic - she’s pretty minimalist too.Ĭhristine wearing one of her collaboration pieces with Christy Natsumi. I don’t design my components so it’s great for someone to design the pieces for me to take it to the next steps and put it together. We decided to do something after a Goods x Services event. There’s going to be lots of fringe and metallics. We don’t have the name of the collection yet, but we’re naming our pieces after volcanos. I’m excited about collaborating on a jewelry collection with Christy Natsumi, another designer. We caught up over noodle soups at Hon’s Wun Tun one foggy evening to talk about collaborations, small business life and durians. In addition to running her jewelry business, she also founded Goods x Services, which aims to bring barter back by way of a speed-dating event where small business owners meet and figure out a way to collaborate. We became fast friends, and before you know it, we were crashing her family parties on Sundays (who doesn’t love a good Vietnamese family party?) We met Christine, jewelry designer and owner of Abacus Row, at a panel called Form & Future (which was hosted by Laura Helen Winn, who will featured next in our profile series.)

Abacus row jewelry