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The moment that changed everything happened in a parking lot. “When we opened, we had a festival next to our building in the parking lot, where we had live glass blowing and vendors,” recalls Charlie Ronemus, owner of Stoked. “I saw such energy in that experience, I recognized we needed to incorporate live glass blowing into the experience.”
There are objects Americans buy because they need them, and objects Americans buy because they let them be a certain kind of person. A perfectly functional version exists, usually for a fraction of the price. But the other version comes with a name, a story, and a reason to pay extra.