Henry DeFauw has been designing, building and installing architectural and furniture metalwork for 15 years, and since 2003 through his firm DeFauw Design & Fabrication.  He learned woodworking in his father's woodshop in Michigan in his teens, and went on to earn a BA in commercial illustration and graphic design at Detroit's Center for Creative Studies.  Since, he has worked in commercial, medical and technical illustration and graphic design; film and television as a prop and set designer and builder; architectural restoration; fine art restoration, handling and installation; as a sculptor and painter showing in the US and Europe for  nearly 20 years; as a macrobiotic chef in the US and Europe; and in his current role as principal and lead designer at DD&F. Henry DeFauw's artworks are available for sale (select works) or by commission.  If you are interested please inquire here.

When not crunching numbers for small businesses, Dan Kluger can be found playing guitar in the Pork Pies, an old-time square dance band. He’s also been seen playing banjo for the vegetables at the Farmers Market.

Andy Chan. I build. I board.

Neal Hailey

Now managing the website from afar in Michigan, Joel DeFauw (brother to Henry) is a former Bay Area resident.  While not teaching and making changes to defauwdesign.com, he spends his time writing, recording and playing music, along with many other creative and academic endeavors.

Monica Martinez is an artist, educator and designer. She is a native of Mexico City, Mexico and holds a BFA in Sculpture and Industrial design and a MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony of New Hampshire and the Sculpture Space in New York, she currently resides in San Francisco, California and teaches mold making techniques at the SFAI continuing education program.