About

Dean Babin is a Hudson Valley, New York based designer and maker of fine custom furniture and home goods. Located in the Dutchess County town of Poughkeepsie, he handcrafts contemporary furniture for commercial and residential spaces.

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About

I'm a furniture designer and maker based in Poughkeepsie, NY. What began with furniture restoration work led to classical training at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s comprehensive program in Maine. I then worked under fine furniture makers in Maine and New York before branching out into my own workshop in Dutchess County of New York’s Hudson Valley.

I aim to craft furniture that is quietly pleasing and structurally sound.  I design and make custom furniture, home goods and tableware for commercial and residential spaces. I also still enjoy restoring heirloom furniture when my schedule allows.

A selection of my work is currently on display at The Beck gallery in historic downtown Rhinebeck, NY through early October 2023. I’m honored to have won the 2021 Wharton Esherick Prize For Excellence In Wood at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show. My work has also appeared in the Currier Museum of Art, the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Frick Collection in NYC, the Wharton Esherick Museum in PA, the Kingston Design Showhouse, the Messler Gallery in Maine, The Loft Gallery at Congdon Yards in High Point, NC, the Society of Arts + Crafts' CraftBoston show and the Cooperstown Art Association Gallery.

I’ve been featured in publications such as Fine Woodworking magazine, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Chronogram, Designing Lighting, the New Hampshire Furniture Masters’ annual catalog and the Korean newspaper Dong-A Ilbo.

My Emmet Lamp won the International Society of Furniture Design’s 2020 Pinnacle Award in the Lighting category. This lamp also won the 2020 Innovation + Design Award in the Professional Accessory category.

I was the 2020 Arts Fellow for the Institute for Rural Vitality at Cobleskill University. A description of that exciting opportunity can be read here. In 2017 I received the Alden Artisan Advancement Award from the New Hampshire Furniture Masters.  An article about this was featured on Fine Woodworking.