Durham Magazine has named NIGHT founder Kalle Simpson one of its 2026 Women of Achievement. The annual recognition highlights women leading across the Triangle.
A hometown story
In her profile for Durham Magazine, writer Rebekah Mann traces Kalle’s path from North Carolina’s furniture and textiles industry to launching NIGHT in 2015, then bringing the business back to Durham after building it in New York.
The story looks at the person behind NIGHT: her experience developing products, the brand’s beginnings with a pillow, and the connection to her hometown. It offers a closer look at how that background shaped the business.
Read the original feature
The profile appears in Durham Magazine’s April/May 2026 issue, on page 28. The online story was published May 27, 2026.
Hear more from Kalle
Continue with the story behind NIGHT, including an early television interview. Browse NIGHT’s press coverage, or explore these additional founder conversations:
- Reinventing Rumbley: Kalle’s two-part conversation with Christina Rumbley about building a business and learning through change. Continue to part two.
- New York Launch Pod, episode 38 (2017): an early interview about developing NIGHT’s original pillow.
