I know my story will sound cliché, but the idea behind “Nonchalant Mom” is anything but commonplace. When we had our son Sander in 2002 and we decided it was time to move so we packed up and moved ourselves from Manhattan to Rhode Island. I found myself with a lot of energy, 20 years experience in the fashion industry behind me, and no one with whom to share my love for natural living to raise my son.
Candy Langan grew up in a boat-loving family in Rumson, New Jersey, and has been associated with yachts all her life. Her first job was with Yachting Magazine as the organizer and manager of the company’s premiere events. During the ten years she worked for Yachting, she met and married the yacht designer, Bill Langan.
“I hope that when I make furniture I’m creating more than a chair, table or bed: I hope that I’m making a piece whose existence will humbly make the world a better and more wondrous place to live. A chair, for instance, allows us to sit and rest, which in turn allows us to run, dance and laugh. It is a small gesture celebrating everything beyond itself.”
Niall Quirk is one of the most inspiring equestrian coaches in the world. He is a Trainer of Trainers and has worked with equestrian coaches all across Europe, the U.S. and in South Africa. Niall also coaches riders of all levels up to the elite level of international competition including the European, World, and Olympic levels.
Langan Design Associates, Inc. was founded by Bill Langan in 1997. At the young age of 25, Langan made a name for himself in the yachting world when the 20th century’s most distinguished american naval architect Olin Stephens appointed him Chief Designer of Sparkman & Stephens, a position Stephens had held himself for 50 years. Langan didn’t waste any time helping the semi-retired Stephens draft the lines for Freedom, the last 12-metre class yacht to win the America’s Cup for the United States.