Globe Vise & Truck

Defined by both form and function, Globe Vise and Truck furniture is born out of the pure utiltity of the factory floor. Founded by immigrant brothers in 1905 to serve West Michigan’s thriving furniture industry, Globe Vise and Truck gained renown for it’s craftsmanship and reliability. Their vises held tight till the glue dried, and their lumber trucks (known simply as Globe Carts to many) rolled day after day no matter the load. The brother’s built a small company that carried on supplying manufacturers even as lumber gave way to steel and “Vise and Truck” became a relic of the past. Over the years, Globe’s products helped create the cars we drive and the offices we work in. All along the company endured by remaining committed to timeless values like quality and craft. Globe Vise and Truck as furniture maker is the reimagination of that 100 years of manufacturing history. We’ve dived into the frayed blue prints of our past to bring back items that feel utterly original and yet somehow familiar. Using rediscovered artifacts, designs, and skills we build contemporary furniture with stories to tell. There’s little compromise in the hard steel frames or the weighty lumber table tops, but there is something more enduring than can be found “boxed and ready to ship”. It’s our hope that by bringing back our past, we can build furniture to be lived with long into the future.