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PINKYS Iron Doors: LA Brand Modernizing American Homes with Steel Fenestration

architecture-design · 2026-05-07

PINKYS Iron Doors, founded in 1978 by Vic Der-Sarkissian in a Los Angeles backyard, has become a leading manufacturer of steel doors and windows, modernizing American homes. The company, now run by sons Dion and Arin Der, produces black steel-framed doors with slim sightlines, used by top designers like Nate Berkus, Jeremiah Brent, and Oliver M. Furth. PINKYS partners with European steel houses Jansen (Switzerland) and Ottostumm (Italy) for high-grade materials, offering triple-glazed thermal-steel windows with passive-house-level U-factors. The catalog includes the Core Collection (black-framed workhorses) and the California Collection (colorful options like Sunset Pink and Montecito Mint). The company operates a vertical model: design, fabrication, warehousing, and distribution, with its own delivery fleet and installer network. Its 4,600-square-foot showroom in Vernon, California, designed by Jeremiah Brent, doubles as a gallery. Dion Der warns against AI-generated product imagery, emphasizing PINKYS' real products and family legacy.

Key facts

  • PINKYS Iron Doors was founded in 1978 by Vic Der-Sarkissian in a Los Angeles backyard.
  • The company is now run by sons Dion and Arin Der, who took over in 2014.
  • PINKYS partners with Jansen (Switzerland) and Ottostumm (Italy) for steel profiles.
  • Triple-glazed thermal-steel windows achieve NFRC-certified U-factors of 0.21.
  • The Core Collection includes Air series, Bi-Fold, Getty sliding system, and interior applications.
  • The California Collection offers colors like Sunset Pink, Angeles Green, Palm Desert Sand, and Montecito Mint.
  • Showroom in Vernon, California, designed by Jeremiah Brent, is 4,600 square feet.
  • Dion Der warns against AI-generated product imagery in the industry.

Entities

Artists

  • Vic Der-Sarkissian
  • Dion Der
  • Arin Der
  • Nate Berkus
  • Jeremiah Brent
  • Oliver M. Furth
  • Pierre Koenig
  • Esther McCoy

Institutions

  • PINKYS Iron Doors
  • Jansen
  • Ottostumm
  • Architectural Digest
  • Bauhaus
  • Stahl House
  • Case Study House program
  • Vernon Kilns
  • Studebaker
  • Farmer John

Locations

  • Los Angeles
  • Isfahan
  • Iran
  • California
  • Vernon
  • Hancock Park
  • Brentwood
  • Essex
  • Beeston
  • Switzerland
  • Italy
  • Chicago
  • Yucca Valley
  • Milan
  • Venice

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