isions ▁about ▁the ▁future ▁of ▁the ▁business . ▁Brian ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁Ed ith ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁Oper ations ▁after ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁purchase ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁design ers ▁Robin ▁Pet rav ic , ▁a ▁product ▁design ▁engineer , ▁ ▁and ▁Catherine ▁Ba iley , ▁an ▁industrial ▁designer , ▁purchased ▁He ath ▁Cer am ics ▁from ▁the ▁Brian ▁& ▁Ed ith ▁He ath ▁Trust . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁struggling ▁finan cially ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁with ▁just ▁ 2 4 ▁employees ▁and ▁approximately ▁$ 1 ▁million ▁in ▁reven ues , ▁the ▁couple ▁were ▁attract ed ▁by ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁bring ▁back ▁design ing ▁and ▁making ▁under ▁one ▁roof , ▁en abling ▁a ▁stronger ▁connection ▁between ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁a ▁design ▁process ▁and ▁the ▁end ▁result . ▁While ▁respect ing ▁Ed ith ▁and ▁Brian ▁He ath ’ s ▁a est het ics ▁and ▁eth os , ▁the ▁couple ▁set ▁about ▁stream lin ing ▁operations ▁and ▁product ▁lines ; ▁created ▁new ▁products ; ▁and ▁began ▁s elling ▁products ▁from ▁independent ▁mak ers . ▁ ▁Under ▁Ba iley ▁and ▁Pet rav ic ’ s ▁ownership , ▁the ▁company ▁also ▁began ▁to ▁expand ▁its ▁collabor ations ▁with ▁artists ▁and ▁design ers ▁with ▁shared ▁design ▁kin ship ▁and ▁manufact uring ▁values . ▁A ▁notable ▁collaboration ▁was ▁with ▁Alice ▁W aters , ▁founder ▁and ▁chef ▁of ▁Che z ▁Pan isse ▁in ▁Ber keley , ▁California . ▁The ▁restaurant ▁uses