Unique Products

Mark Kirk, a culinary graduate, and Heather Macfarlane, a Fine Arts graduate, met while fighting over a plastic chicken at a Mardi Gras parade (Mark won). Not long after this clashing color match up, they formed UP /Unique Products where they created funky lighting and housewares from New Orleans cast- offs. They opened their showroom /gallery UPstairs @ 2038 Magazine Street in 1999 to retail and showcase their eccentric artwork and their ever expanding portfolio which includes event planning /decor, costume consultation and alternative culinary creations. Clients include: MTV, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The Museum of Natural History, National Galleries of Scotland, Golden Nugget Casino, HGTV, and many other museums, galleries and private and commercial clients throughout the US, Canada and Europe. While not dumpster diving they love to hang out with their dog “Dixie” and play croquet enjoying the never a dull moment” city of New Orleans. UP / Unique Products create fun and funky lighting and housewares from “re-fused ” mardi gras beads and other object d’art from the streets of New Orleans. Thrift store finds are “trash-formed” a cast-off coffee can or vintage purse into a clock or kitchen ware and baby bottles are fashioned in to chandeliers. Our most popular items include the “Mardi Lights” and NOLA-themed items such as the “water meter” or “Cemetery ” clocks. Post-Katrina items include the MRE purse and blue tarp messenger bag, which have been featured on CNN and The New York Times, and are part of a Smithsonian exhibit. So C’mon UP and check out our Unique Products.