Food & Culture

Fruitsuper Perfects the Everyday Object

You'll want one of everything made (or sourced) by this local design business

By Chelsea Lin March 24, 2020

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This article originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of Seattle Magazine.

This article appears in print in the March 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe.

Sallyann Corn and Joe Kent built their design business fruitsuper around perfecting everyday objects—in both form and function. In September, they opened a Pioneer Square space of the same name to sell their popular housewares, from cloth napkins (pictured, $48 for four) and white marble spoon rests to angular bookends, as well as a curated assortment of U.S.-made goods from independent artisans. “What I want to do is [stock] things you can’t find anywhere else,” Corn says. She has succeeded: fruitsuper is the sort of place where you want one of everything, whether for yourself or to give as a gift. Although the couple sells a great deal of their goods online (fruitsuper.com), Corn says the store will be a testing ground for limited-edition, small-batch items, like Kent’s hand-carved coffee spoons. 

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