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Audrey Elkus and Matt Tait presented their designs at this year’s Detroit Demo Day,
where Tait Design won second place.
homeware section, Elkus mentioned
that she’s most excited about their
new desk clocks.
“It’s very rare to have a clock
that’s completely made in the U.S.,
especially in Detroit,” she said. “The
quartz mechanism component
that makes the clock work comes
from California; the wood comes
from Ohio; all the metalwork actu-
ally comes from Ferndale here in
Michigan, and the hands of the clock
are custom-made for us wholesale in
Bay City. All the components come
together … assembled by hand by
our team in the Jefferson Chalmers
area in the east side of the city.”
Elkus’ love for Detroit drives her
as a designer and an entrepreneur.
Though her Wellesley friends relo-
cated to places like Los Angeles
and London after graduating, Elkus
chose
hose to return to Detroit and
couldn’t
ouldn’t be happier. As a west side
de
resident,
esident, she loves visiting Belle Isle
and staying involved with the Jewish
community, especially through
Moishe House and Chabad, and by
attending High Holiday services at
Shaarey Zedek.
“I know in a lot of bigger cities,
it can be kind of hard to find those
communities,” she says, “and I’ve
been really impressed with how easy
it is here, and they do a really good
job. I think it’s very well-run here.”
In addition to the city’s vibrant
Jewish presence, Elkus also loves
Detroit’s support for entrepreneurs.
“A lot of our vendors have been in
the area for generations and get-
ting to support their businesses as
our business grows is a really cool
opportunity,” she said. “I think that
getting to plug into that existing
ecosystem is a really cool way to get
to come back to the city, and I love
the team that
th we have. I wouldn’t
want t to
t be
b working with anyone else
right now.”
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