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Jim Zivic Design

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U.S Made Industrial-luxe furniture, lighting, flooring and accessories constructed with steel, leather, coal, wool felt, and porcelain enamel.

05/13/2026

My Luggage Valet in parts. Sometimes, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Most would agree that our little Luggage Valet is much more impressive once it’s been assembled. But to see the parts pre-assembly, it really spells out the steps that go into this or any other piece we make here in our studio.

The cutting of, machining, drilling, tapping, threading, finishing, patina, finishing again, lacquering aluminum which now looks like steel—combined with gorgeous, oily, heavy duty bridle leather straps, sewn on a BIG industrial machine that can sew through this leather like it’s butter.

No one told me to design a luggage valet. One of our best, most consistent sellers.

05/12/2026

I’ve started adding small figures to these coal sculptures—markers of scale, a way to imagine them as inhabitable forms, closer to land art than object.

These pieces feel like studies—early sketches for something much larger. Forms that could one day exist at a monumental scale, carved into the earth itself.

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05/11/2026

Rhiannon, JZD studio assistant, a steady hand behind a lot of my work. She is detail-oriented, patient, and quietly essential to everything that comes out of here.

05/08/2026

The California Cot strips it down to what’s essential — steel, leather, rest. Nothing extra. Just a place to land.

05/07/2026

A few shots from the show.

Now on view: What the Eye Learns with Trevor Wilson () at 1053 Gallery ()

May 2 — May 31

Fleischmanns, NY

05/06/2026

Warm season means coal sculpture production is chugging along.

Carved from anthracite—nearly pure carbon, this table hasn’t bee polished yet. There’s always a temptation not to shine it, because in bright light, the liquid swirls in the coal, the variations, the glistening cracks seem so animated.

It’s less about preciousness and more about context, brutalism, and the rust belt mentality that was so ingrained in me from a young age, growing up near Ohio coal mines, steel factories, and the general grit that went along with all that.

I wouldn’t say it’s joyful, but it seems profound when it’s kinda “plain.” But I polished it, and it’s more dazzling, and one more removed from the pain of coal. Maybe that’s preferable.

05/05/2026

The Two-Tone Draft Bag.

Leather and felt, balanced for durability and ease. Designed with structure, but meant to move—between work, travel, and daily use without excess.

LOXX closure keeps everything secure. Two interior leather pockets for the essentials.

Handmade in Upstate New York.

04/30/2026

I’ll be debuting new coal sculptures in What the Eye Learns, a two-person exhibition with Trevor Wilson () at 1053 Gallery ()

Opening reception: this Saturday May 2, 4–7pm

On view: May 2 — May 31, 2026

1053 Main St., Fleischmanns, NY
Fri — Sun, 11am — 5pm

04/29/2026

The Pullman Dining Chair, as seen at

Cold-rolled steel and vegetable-tanned leather— also available as a bar stool.

Made in the JZD studio, Upstate New York.

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