One Hat One Hand Design Week Open House

One Hat One Hand, and newly acquired DEKA Fabrication, would like to host a Design Week Open House that gives architects, designers, brand teams, and creative partners a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how complex ideas become real, buildable work. This is a chance to connect the design community directly with the people and processes that make ambitious projects possible, from early collaboration and prototyping through fabrication and finishing. By opening our doors, we’re inviting guests to see what “integrated” really looks like when metal, wood, lighting, and art are coordinated as one cohesive build, with fewer handoffs and better outcomes.

Guests will tour the shop, meet our designers, metalworkers, woodworkers, and project leads, and see examples of public art fabrication, integrated lighting projects, architectural features, and custom elements built for environments that need to perform and impress. We’ll share materials, techniques, and in progress work so visitors can understand how decisions around tolerances, finishes, durability, and installation realities get handled early, without compromising the creative vision. We’ll wrap the evening with time to mingle and talk projects, with beverages and food served.