We do about 50 Friday Fives each year so we can’t review them all, but let’s take a look back at our favorite 10 (in no special order): Jacob Granat - We love that he chose five inspirational people. After spending three winter seasons snowboarding in Chamonix, France, and a year in Hanoi, Vietnam working with students, Swedish designer Jacob Granat started his own company importing and selling furniture, lamps and textiles back in 2006. He quickly realized that selling them wasn’t as much fun as making them himself, so he enrolled in a cabinet-making course, then in university. Now, freshly degreed in furniture design, Granat showed his line ”The Sound of Forest” at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and Superstudio Piu, Milan this year. Søren Rose - Every item he chose is a joy to look at
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2012 Year in Review: The Best of Friday Five