About
Handmade kitchens and bespoke fitted furniture
Modern Maker is a bespoke joinery company, established by Mark Lewis Hodgson by chance in Hitchin. Hertfordshire. With many years of design experience, Mark’s successful career journey from joinery to graphic design and then back to joinery again is an unusual example of dedication to design and creativity.
About
Passion for design
and making
Mark loved designing and making things from an early age, first with Lego, then with wood and all through school and college he was on track for a career in joinery but his path changed the moment he was introduced to Adobe Photoshop and the Apple Macintosh (circa. 1992).
Mark’s career as a graphic designer was filled with success, throughout he contributed to some of the most popular global brand names whilst working for leading brand agencies in London, Leeds and Dubai before settling in Hitchin in 2007 and setting up his own small brand design studio.
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Design-led joinery
However, despite his graphic design accomplishments that early passion for woodworking never truly faded. It wasn’t until Mark reached his 40’s that he reconnected with joinery when he embarked on a personal project to make his own kitchen.
Word spread among his neighbours who saw his new cabinetry and commissioned him for fitted furniture in their own homes. As the demand for his cabinetry grew it soon outweighed his graphic design work and he made the difficult decision to change career (again) and devote himself full time to his revived passion. Modern Maker was put in motion.
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Ready when you are
Modern Maker outgrew Mark’s single garage rapidly and are now based in a fully equipped 1500 sq ft joinery workshop in Kelshall, Hertfordshire.
So whether you require a hand painted bespoke kitchen or an alcove wardrobe you can feel reassured that Mark and the team will help make your interior vision a reality.
If you feel you are ready – get your project started here.
