Maxine Snider Inc. Exclusive, modern award-winning furniture collection for fashionable homes, hotels, and offices. Collection: Maxine Snider has devoted her professional life to design, and in recent years to designing meticulously crafted, highly refined furniture. Her signature style respects the past, but breathes the fresh air of modernism into an expanding collection of tables and desks, sofas and chairs, beds, cabinets, and consoles. Snider notes with pride that each piece is crafted and hand-finished in Chicago by her expert team of artisans. Inspiration: As new collections are added, Snider remains true to her vision. When asked about her inspirations, she responds, "I admire the Shakers, the French modernists, and the great Scandinavian designers, as well as the simple beauty of Japanese everyday objects. But new ideas can come from anywhere—art, politics, fashion, or a great movie or museum show. My life as a designer is my response to these powerful influences, my way of sorting out what they mean. They inspire me to create things of beauty and of use, to be relevant and original, and to enhance people's lives."