David Rasmussen Designs.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF

David Rasmussen went from making custom furniture to building accessible tree houses back to architecture to custom furniture again, landing in Carbondale in 2007. His workshop suffered a devastating fire in late 2011--"a total loss," says Rasmussen--so he took the opportunity to rebuild on a bigger scale. The gambit is paying off.

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"We sell wholesale all over the world," Rasmussen says. "This has been a really good year for us." Today he's making popular wooden plates and martini glasses as well as desks, tables and other furnishings.

"My philosophy is less is more," he...