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Timeline
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![Baby Jonathan Adler]()
1966Born in farm town in New Jersey.
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1978
Tries pottery at summer camp while wearing a Rush concert tee.
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1980-84
Spends entire adolescence in basement of family’s modern house throwing pots.
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![Jonathan Making Pots]()
1984-88Allegedly studies semiotics and art history at Brown. Actually spends all his time at RISD making pots.
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1989
Makes quilted line of pottery inspired by Chanel. Evil professor advises him to try a career in law.
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1990
Moves to New York and starts working in the movie business.
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![Jonathan Making Pots]()
1993Deeply depressed from three years in the movie biz, quits. Tells parents he wants to be a potter and starts Jonathan Adler, the company—vows never to have a real job again. Parents schedule an intervention.
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1994
Shows pots to Barneys and gets an order. Realizes he has to make the pots.
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![Jonathan riding a horse in Peru]()
1997Realizing he’s but one man, hooks up with Aid to Artisans, a non-profit organization that connects artisans in developing countries with American designers. Flies to Peru and discovers paradise—a beautiful workshop by the sea with parrots, gardens, and incredible craftsfolk. Creative explosion ensues.
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1998
Opens his first store in Soho.
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![Liberace the Norwich Terrier]()
1999Adopts (with his partner Simon Doonan) a Norwich terrier named Liberace who is the light of their lives.
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2000
Millennium madness. Luckily Y2K has no impact on pottery wheels.
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![Exterior door of the Parker Palm Springs hotel]()
2004Designs The Parker Palm Springs hotel. Develops raging obsession with waspy country club style—needlepoint, chinoiserie, and acid green lacquer. Concerned Jewish mother schedules another intervention.
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![Jonathan Adler Book]()
2005Writes first design book. Jewish mother proud, but Liberace remains aloof—he is, after all, a terrier.
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2006
Turns 40. Reluctantly relinquishes ingénue status. Needlepoint obsession now less ironic.
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![Jonathan Adler joins Top Design]()
2007Joins the Bravo family as lead judge on Top Design. Wanders the streets in outfits borrowed from the show hoping to be recognized.
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![Jonathan Adler Married Simon Doonan]()
2008Gets hitched to Simon. Liberace purchases something off-registry.
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![Malibu Dream House at Barbie's 50th in 1974]()
2009Tapped to design a real life Malibu Dream House to celebrate Barbie’s 50th. Can finally make amends for decapitating sister’s Barbie in 1974.
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2011
Opens first UK store. Figure destroyed by local delicacies—scones and clotted cream in London taking the brunt of the blame.
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![Bed with side table lamp at Eau Palm Beach Resort]()
2014Celebrates 20 years of empire building. Completes a redesign of the groovy Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa.
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![Jonathan Adler looks at designs at Fisher Price]()
2016Joins Fisher Price as Creative Director, providing a legitimate excuse to play with toys. Snuggles with his newly adopted mutt Foxylady (and occasionally Simon). The late, great Liberace smiles down from the big dog park in the sky.
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![Bronze Banana Sculpture at the Parker Palm Springs]()
2017Finds public sculpture appealing and creates a massive 7-foot-tall, 900-pound, bronze banana at The Parker Palm Springs.
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![Jonathan Adler posts for a portrait with H&M HOME furnitures]()
2019Adds “honorary Swede” to identity following a wintry holiday-themed capsule collection with H&M HOME.
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2020
Like the rest of the world, is forced to redefine “WFH” and lands squarely on WOWing from home.
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![Atelier Adler Showroom]()
2022Opens Atelier Adler, a retail-meets-creative studio experience in NYC’s iconic Soho neighborhood, across from The Broken Kilometer - “my temple!” - and with pottery studio lights paying homage.
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2023
Celebrating 30 years of Modern American Glamour!
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