Korboose is a design and manufacturing brand of modern home objects and textiles, independently owned and creatively led by April Nemeth.
We design and manufacture modern, minimalist objects and textiles—compassionately handcrafted from materials that honor both people and planet. As a lifestyle brand focused on consciousness, we share our products and practices with customers around the world.
Founded by April Nemeth in 2008, Korboose is a Los Angeles and Ojai Valley, California–based design and manufacturing studio rooted in environmental and social good. With consciousness at the core, all objects are carefully designed and created to ensure the highest quality while maintaining sustainable, ethical production practices. Merchandise is available here on the Korboose website and through select stockists worldwide. Whether with humans or the planet, Korboose is committed to engaging in life intentionally to support lasting, positive change.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
APRIL NEMETH
FOUNDER, CEO + CREATIVE DIRECTOR
LOS ANGELES + OJAI, CALIFORNIA
BFA AND MA, VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN
SWISS / INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHIC STYLE
GRAPHIC DESIGN • ILLUSTRATION • PHOTOGRAPHY
April Nemeth is an Italian American Los Angeles–based artist, designer, and entrepreneur. Born into Italian heritage and a European cultural lineage of artists and artisans (artigiani)—and raised by creative entrepreneurs and social-justice advocates—she inherited a deep respect for craft, rigor, and principle. She began making art at a young age and has worked across a range of mediums ever since. Her grandfather taught her to paint at age three, shaping a lifelong connection between discipline and creative expression.
Educated through a highly personalized and holistic curriculum, she further developed critical thinking and communication skills at Gilmour Academy, a college-preparatory day and boarding school. She went on to earn a BFA and MA in Visual Communication Design—an integrated course of study in graphic design, illustration, and photography applied across print, packaging, and environmental media—at Kent State University’s NASAD-accredited School of Visual Communication Design. Grounded in the Swiss / International Typographic Style and modernist principles, the program unified these disciplines into a single design system, honing her ability to translate complex ideas into clear, visually compelling communications that build understanding, evoke emotion, and elicit response. While there, April fell in love with modern design and architecture, traces of which can be seen throughout her work.
With wanderlust and a connection to nature in her DNA, travel and the environment serve as constant sources of inspiration. Seventeen years after founding Korboose, she still creates every design herself while leading the brand’s vision. Recent Korboose partners include West Elm and Concrete Collaborative. April’s work has been featured in Vogue, Assouline, Camille Styles, Dwell, and GRAY magazine.
In addition to leading her in-house brand of textiles and lifestyle objects at Korboose, April heads her multidisciplinary creative studio, The Studio of April Nemeth, where she creates strategy, design, and photography for clients with aligned values.
Before dedicating herself to her practices full time, April worked as a professional designer and later as design director at a multibillion-dollar creative products company for 13 years, leading large-scale product and brand launches across the U.S. and abroad. Her passion for creativity has led her to wear many hats in the field and gain experience and seniority as a graphic designer, content creator, textile designer, product developer, design director, creative director, and business owner. In tandem, she has devoted much of her life to pursuits that help protect people and planet.
April is also a lifelong traveler and certified yoga and meditation teacher. In 2018, she founded Juniper & Stone, a creative-wellness initiative that blends design thinking, systems science, and embodied practice to help individuals, teams, and organizations build clarity, regulation, and resilience through lived experience. Each program integrates art, movement, and science-based tools to support grounded well-being and creative flow. Throughout her life, April has cultivated a global community connected by shared values and curiosity—reflecting her belief that conscious design extends beyond objects into the way we live, work, and care for ourselves and one another. Proceeds from each retreat are contributed directly to the surrounding community.
THE NAME
The name Korboose is a play on modernist architect Le Corbusier, one of April’s most influential inspirations. Corbusier is also the name of her late Russian Blue cat of 16 years.
CONTACT EMAIL
info@littlekorboose.com
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PHOTO CREDITS
All photos are ©Korboose and April Nemeth