Jennifer Jenkins DeLonge is an American entrepreneur, product and interior designer based in Southern California. She is best known for her line of high-end furniture for children which she designs and sells through her namesake company and website, as well as retail outlets that include Barneys New York. She has been referred to as a tastemaker in modern family design with her work appearing in more than 200 publications and books.
Jenkins is the founder of Reissued.com, an online marketplace where users can purchase vintage and one-of-a-kind furniture, music, art, and fashion. She resides in San Diego, California and is married to former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge.
Career
Jennifer Jenkins attended San Diego State University where she received her B.A. in Fine Arts. Prior to designing furniture, she ran her own interior design company as well as a high-end letterpress store (Papier Moderne) in Solana Beach, California. Jenkins became known as a tastemaker in the modern family design movement, designing spaces for residences, nurseries, retail environments, and commercial spaces. Through her company Jennifer Jay, Inc., she also designed model homes and remodels. DeLonge's first interior design customer was founder of DC Shoes Ken Block while she was still in college and pushed her to go out on her own.
Jenkins launched her namesake company in 2004 with her own line of high-end children's furniture. She began the company after not being able to find children's furniture for her house that did not have cartoon characters, denim, toile or ruffles. The first line of furniture included box chairs and ottomans with vintage fabrics, with some of the items selling out of their first production run. DeLonge sells the furniture online and in stores that include Barneys New York, Bellini and F.A.O. Schwarz. Customers of the furniture included celebrities such as Courteney Cox, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Gwen Stefani. Her most notable piece is the Ava chair, made with vintage fabric and named after her daughter.
In 2011, Jenkins teamed up with Snugli to design different styles of baby carriers. There were four different models in the line that included front, front vented, front & back, and seated. The carriers came in different prints, referred to as "funky styles that hip babywearing moms and dads will love" by People. The same year, DeLonge partnered with Million Dollar Baby to produce two of the company's Franklin & Ben collections.
Jenkins started a new venture in May 2014 when she launched Reissued.com, an online curated marketplace where users can sell vintage items. The marketplace is accessible through a mobile app from the iTunes Store and includes rare, one-of-a-kind works such as furniture, music, art, and fashion. In addition to Jenkins, curators include companies such as American Rag, Decades, Urban Americana, OneFortyThree, A Current Affair, and Ascot &Hart. Items that have been sold through the app included the set list from Blink-182's first gig as well as handwritten lyrics for the song Carousel.
Jenkins's work has been featured in more than 200 publications and books, including the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and People. She has also given commentary on design for publications such as People Magazine, The Today Show, and Elle Decor,
Personal life
Jennifer Jenkins is married to Tom DeLonge, best known as the former guitarist and co-vocalist of the musical group Blink-182. They were married at Coronado Island in San Diego Bay on May 26, 2001. They have 2 children together, Ava Elizabeth (born 2002) and Jonas Rocket (born 2006). They reside together in San Diego, California.
Jenkins has been the inspiration for numerous songs written by Tom DeLonge and performed by Blink-182, the first being the groups' hit song All The Small Things from its third studio album Enema of the State. The second was First Date which was inspired by the couple's first date at SeaWorld San Diego. Tom DeLonge also penned the song There Is for Jennifer which was performed as part of his work with the group Box Car Racer.
References
External links
- Jennifer DeLonge official website
- Reissued.com official website
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