Asad, IT Manager
Asad is our IT Manager. He comes to the rescue when something goes wrong with our computers and calmly deals with all the requests we have for our website.
What are your favorite things about working at Wisteria?I enjoy working at Wisteria because of its friendly atmosphere and the great group of people that I get to learn from everyday. By working here, I have learned many things and have gained a lot of experience.What is one thing about you people probably don't know?I am a huge college football fan. Hook 'em Horns!What is your favorite place to visit?Miami. The weather in Miami is beautiful throughout most of the year.What is the one place in the world you've never been but would love to go?It's really hard to pick one place but if I have to, I would love to go to Denmark.What is your favorite Wisteria item? w447 Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Bird MirrorWhat is your most treasured item? Family and friends.How many/what languages do you speak?Three: English, Urdu, and HindiMy one indulgence is:
The computer/internet I can't live without it.Craziest food ever eaten:
Fried Peanut Butter Cup Macaroon at the State Fair of Texas.Favorite spot in my house:
My living room with the huge TV so I can watch my football.Favorite food:
Italian. I love Olive Garden.
Jose, Repairs Department
Jose works in our repairs department, making sure each item is in tip-top shape! He is one of the most friendly people you will ever meet and always seems to be charming someone with the songs he sings.Jose has three children (two boys and one girl) and one grandchild, Alex who is nine years old.
What is your job here?Repairs
What are your favorite things about working at Wisteria?Repairing products and working with his coworkers.
What is one thing about you people probably don't know?He is a singer of Spanish, Christian music.
Listen to one of his songs, Que le Dare.
Que_le_Dare.mp3
What is your favorite place to visit?
Dallas ZooWhat is the one place in the world you've never been but would love to go?
Miami Beach!
What is your favorite Wisteria item?
German Silver Chest
How many/what languages do you speak?
English and Spanish
Craziest food ever eaten:
Lasagna
Favorite spot in my house:
In his garden, studying his Bible
Favorite food:
Tacos
My pet's name is:
Marie (poodle)
Marlene, Head Designer
Marlene is the head designer in our product design department. Several of our items originated with her. She is amazingly-detailed, loyal, and hardworking.
What are your favorite things about working at Wisteria?
I really enjoy working with other creative people. It is like a crazy and nutty creative camaraderie. Everyone has different experiences and different likes and ideas, and we all make it come together to create great product.
What is one thing about you people probably don't know?
I used to do competitive synchronized swimming for several years. I would choreograph my routines and design my suits and head pieces. I was fortunate to be a part of a talented team. We always did pretty well at Nationals.
What is your favorite place to visit?
The beach! I like just about any beach with great sand and waves. I love all sorts of water sports from boogie boarding to windsurfing and scuba diving to surfing.
What is the one place in the world you've never been but would love to go?I would love to go to the Great Barrier Reef and go scuba diving. I took a class to be certified in college with the dream of one day going.
How would you describe your personal style?
I really like Danish furniture, industrial pieces and objects, funky handmade textiles, and lots of color. I am also very practical and desire multifunctional pieces. I also believe that good design is very personal and you need to incorporate personal aspects like shadow boxes of treasured items and family photos. I love artwork on the wall but I feel that artwork from friends or family pictures is more meaningful. I am currently trying to enlarge some of my husband's doodles of classic cars that he did years ago in his college notebooks. If each person were to do this in their house then their house would be very unique and a reflection of themselves. I like looking in magazines for inspiration but I firmly believe a personal touch will give the look more depth.
I'm know for:
Having crazy colored toenails. I really like color and a great way to play with it is on my toes for you can interchange it as often as you like. I also have super upper body strength. It is always fun to put guys in their place when they think that they can do more chin ups than a girl like me.
What is your favorite Wisteria item?
I really like our Vintage-Inspired Flag Napkins. I designed these and it was a treasure to dive into our country’s past and amazing accomplishments to find a way to utilize and highlight it in something you can use every day.
What is your most treasured item?My husband Brad. He is such a sweetheart and he makes me laugh every day and understands my quirky creative personality.
How many/what languages do you speak?English and Designese
My one indulgence is:
My husband and I bought an old jeep to fix up. It is really fun to ride around in with the top off.
Craziest food ever eaten:
When I was little I went to Hawaii and we ate poi. It looks like clay and I imagine if I were to eat clay it would taste the same.
Favorite spot in my house:
I am currently living in an apartment and I love the lap pool outside. Swimming laps outside is the best exercise and it is so nice to be outside.
Favorite food:
Crepes. When I studied in Paris it was a staple for me for it was cheap and you could eat it so many ways. I would eat it with Nutella or with seasoned chicken, tomato, and cheese or simply butter and sugar. Yum!
Favorite place to watch the sun set:
West Texas. It is so flat out there that you get a great big sky canvas for the clouds to accumulate and then they bend the light waves from the sun to create these amazing color filled atmosphere paintings.
Masami, Vice President of Production
Masami Overstreet, the vice president of production, has been here since the very beginning and has done almost every job there is at one time or another including driving trucks to photoshoots, hunting for product in India, answering customer service calls and much more. If it seems that we are overly enamored of Masami, that’s because we are. But no doubt she can be difficult, stubborn, and moody. The price of creativity.
What are your favorite things about working at Wisteria?
Working at Wisteria is never boring, always changing, and usually crazy, and I love the fact that it is. Somehow, we make it through all of the insanity, and get to create something beautiful, whether it be product, an image, or a landing page on the website. I also get to work with amazing people everyday and I feel lucky I am able to work with the people I do. We are a wonderfully dysfunctional family that works and laughs hard, and we all genuinely care about each other.
What is one thing about you people probably don't know?I have an irrational fear of cockroaches.
Editor's note: She used to be a sushi chef with her dad, was a child model, and has even done some modeling for Wisteria.
What are you known for?Getting hives when really stressed out.
Editor's note: what Masami won't tell you is that she is known for her humility and wicked sense of humor.
What is your favorite place to visit?
Anywhere is fine by me as long as I am with my husband and sons.
What is the one place in the world you've never been but would love to go?
One place? That is really hard. I have not traveled all that much so I have a lot of places. The entire European continent. Can I do that?
How would you describe your personal style?
Monochromatic, practical, and utilitarian.
What is your favorite Wisteria item?
We used to carry these white plates back in the day. They were octagonal in shape and had demure white dots lining the edge. They were good-looking plates, but what I loved most about them was the bottom; when you flipped the plate over, our logo was there. It was the very first product we carried that had our logo on it, and I helped get it there. Now our logo is on a lot of our products, but being there and being a part of the very first one makes those plates my favorite item to date.
How many/what languages do you speak?
Two. English and Japanglish
My one indulgence is:
The internet, namely gossip and fashion sites, Facebook and cuteoverload.com.
Craziest food ever eaten?I have eaten chips made with Olestra back when that was a fad, which is pretty crazy if you remember what the disclaimer for it was.
Favorite spot in your house?
My bed on a lazy Sunday morning. (However, with a 4 year old and a two month old "lazy" and "morning" don’t quite go together for me right now.)
Favorite food:
1. Hagen Daaz Chocolate chocolate chip ice cream
2. Corn on the cob with butter salt and pepper3. Sushi
4. Greek food
5. Shu Mai you buy in the train stations in Japan
6. Chinese BBQ duck
7. Cucumbers
8. Japanese white rice
Can you tell I like food?
Favorite place to watch the sun set?
Somewhere with no bugs or allergens.
Hudson, Vice President of Merchandising and Product Development
Hudson Weichsel is the Vice President of Merchandising and Product Development at Wisteria. We love him for his eternal optimism and his unending zaniness. We hope you'll love him just as much as we do.
What is your job here?
Head plate-spinner, adventure seeker, fireman, dreamer, pot-stirrer, storyteller, and Ethel to many of Andrew's Lucy-style harebrained schemes (I am convinced we'll all end up in one of Ricky's shows someday).
What are your favorite things about working at Wisteria?
The people, the creativity, and the opportunity. Anything is possible.
What is one thing about you people probably don't know?
I am scared to death of flying, even though I do it all the time. People ask if I sleep on flights, but I am way too busy counting the rows to the nearest exit, looking for my flotation device (Sometimes it's under your seat, between seats, over the seat, behind the tray table, or in the kitchen with Dinah. In a panic situation the last thing I need is a scavenger hunt), and praying/making deals with God. (You know, the "Please get this bucket of bolts to Delhi and I will never swear again" type of thing.) The good news is while other people are reading the paper or listening to their ipods, I am actually paying attention to the safety speech from the flight attendant. If anyone's getting off that plane, it will be me. I also self-medicate with beer, so I am actually fun to sit with (unless, of course, you are the hairy, 350-lb guy wearing flip-flops who hasn't showered in a week. You know who you are.)
What is your favorite Wisteria item?
I tend to be fickle and like whatever is new. Right now I am nuts for the Oversized American Flag, the Chinese Acupuncture Models, and the Oyster Stick Lamp. The Very Old Stone Wall Lamps are my all-time favorite.
How many/what languages do you speak?
Well, I can say hello, thank you, please, how much? and where is the bathroom? in a lot of languages. Plus I'm good at charades and can sketch enough on cocktail napkins to get by.
My one indulgence is my nieces and nephew. I love to bring them prizes from my trips.
Craziest food ever eaten is alpaca in Peru, witchetty grub soup in Australia, and goose foot in China (ok, I didn't really eat this one but the guy next to me did, and he cleaned it to the skeleton!).
What is your favorite place to watch the sun set?
Not sure but those Viagra commercials certainly make sitting in a bathtub on a hill look appealing though separate tubs and the logistics of getting hot water up there sort of ruins the magic.
Asad is our IT Manager. He comes to the rescue when something goes wrong with our computers and calmly deals with all the requests we have for our website.
