The digby Design Authenticator
When John Edelman was young, he used to hit estate sales and flea markets looking for furniture design classics. He would flip the furniture, looking for the often-faded, often-missing tags that were stapled to the bottom that identified the maker. Without that tag, there was no way of telling if the furniture was truly an authentic piece and buyers who didn’t have a skill for sleuthing were left to guess if they were buying a Knoll or a knockoff. And even if it did have the right tags and markings, purchasers still couldn’t be sure if they were getting the real thing. So, Edelman, a lifelong devotee of authentic design and the president and CEO of Heller, turned to technology, the digby Design Authenticator (DDA), a digital tool that lives at the intersection of technology and tradition that can help buyers and sellers tell an authentic piece from a fake. …
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