Legacy furniture manufacturers have been asleep at the wheel say Rarify founders

Nostalgia and risk-averse business practices have stifled innovation in the American furniture industry, Rarify founders David Rosenwasser and Jeremy Bilotti tell Dezeen in this interview.

Rarify is a platform for buying and learning about furniture and lighting, with a focus on vintage, hard-to-find pieces.

In their Pennsylvania warehouse, Bilotti and Rosenwasser believe they hold one of the world's largest collections of American mid-century modern furniture.

But despite...