Black Squirrel Company
Design agency in Naval Anacost Annex, DC
- Address
- Naval Anacost Annex, DC
- Phone
- (202) 709-8523
- Website
- blacksquirrel.company
Handcrafted textiles. African diaspora heritage. Mid-Atlantic coastal Americana. Three phrases, one company. Black Squirrel Company, founded 2014 and incorporated 2018 by Renata Philippe, a female veteran, makes soft goods and art for the home — pillows, throws, wall pieces — built for interior designers, architects, and hospitality projects that need custom quantities, not off-the-shelf inventory. The design language sits deliberately between two inheritances: patterns and motifs pulled from the African diaspora, layered against the visual grammar of the Chesapeake coastline where the company is based. That duality is the product. Clients aren't buying a single aesthetic; they're buying a considered blend, curated luxury imports paired with domestic handcraft, positioned for trade and corporate accounts as much as individual buyers. A veteran-owned, Black-owned small manufacturer operating in a design category dominated by mass import — that's the quiet fact underneath the fabric.
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