Brian Noyes worked for years as an art director of several national publications. But he gave it up for a sweeter deal. The owner & baker: Noyes graduated from California State University at Fullerton and worked as an art director for several national magazines, including Smithsonian and House & Garden, and at The Washington Post.…
Birmingham-based Alabama Sawyer transforms fallen trees and reclaimed materials into modern tables and home accessories. The company: Alabama Sawyer, founded in Birmingham in 2015, makes furniture, including solid wood tabletops, made to specifications as well as other goods from urban timber. The owners: Cliff and Leigh Spencer. Cliff, an Alabama native who graduated from Rhodes…