Winter Park happens to be the nicest area in Central Florida. I live and work under a mile apart. There is something great about not being in a fashion capital, there is much less pressure and not as many forced influences. It gives us the ability to make what we want, at the pace we want with quite a bit less overhead. We love our State and are proud to make 90 percent of our products within 80 miles of where they are designed. This isn’t some sort of elitist mission statement but a necessity if we want to maintain a high level of control over our business.

LINE: How do you feel that your environment in Florida lends to the brand?

JG: I think it makes us more calm, probably sweatier also.

LINE: Do you see MAKR adding clothing, and other assets to its brand?

JG: We are currently building out a hard goods studio just down the road from our main space. We are going to be doing furniture and other studio/home accessories. This is the most logical next step for us.

LINE: I find the MAKR blog to be exceptionally beautiful, and one of the best curated I have ever come across. Can you tell us a bit about your process with it, and the talent you feature on it?

JG: I go on these Internet journeys when I’m sitting on my sofa, just linking from one thing to the next, saving out images that I like. I go back through and investigate the image maker and who they link to, gather up enough coherent content and make a post about it. I know what I like as soon as I see it so this is just an