Evan Clabots is a Creative Director, Designer, Merchant, and Entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the design-led consumer product and furniture industries. His designs have won numerous awards, including the prestigious Red Dot Award and the Good Design Award. He has also founded companies whose products have sold in the MoMA Store and won Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award. Evan’s unique talent is his ability to translate a brand vision into a high-level business strategy, encompassing everything from product design to creative direction. Through his practice, he has developed a holistic understanding of what it takes to create and build a brand through the product. Most Recently, as VP of Product and Merchandising at Burrow, Evan helped the company execute an aggressive growth strategy, expanding its offering from a single modular sofa system to a full catalog of 30 unique products, cementing its position as a leader in the D2C furniture space. Evan was the creative powerhouse behind the expansion project, activating key team members in merchandising, creative, planning, and manufacturing, to accomplish the goal. Evan also designed the Burrow Flagship Store in New York which won an honorable mention from Fast Company for Best Retail Design of 2020. In only two years with Burrow, Evan’s efforts delivered exponential top-line growth, improved margins, and manufacturing capabilities, and a product development roadmap to see the company through 2023. Evan believes design is only great when it’s great for business.

Having worked with an extensive roster of clients means we have seen the industry from many viewpoints and will leverage this perspective to help you pinpoint your unique market potential.

Evan Clabots has engaged in projects with various clients while at Dror, Nonlinear Studio, Fab.com, and OTHR as well as through his private consulting work.