About IDist
Built from inside the industry.
We are a design and build practice based in New York City. Two workshops in North Brooklyn. Fifteen years of active work in luxury residential design — millwork, drapery, custom furniture, and the maker relationships that make the work possible. The IDist® property dossier emerged from a problem we kept encountering: clients who had spent significant money on their homes but had no reliable record of what they had done, who had done it, or what it was worth. We built the documentation layer we wished had existed.
Founder
Dan Flugger
Dan Flugger founded IDist after fifteen years of building businesses in New York City without outside capital. He has spent his career at the intersection of craft and technology — building production systems and spatial data infrastructure while running an active design and build practice. He taught applied AI curriculum at Brown University and has been recognized by Google for his work in geospatial development.
He is not an academic or an analyst. He is a practitioner. Every engagement he takes is one he could execute himself.
Recognition.
Google for Startups — Accepted 2025
GOOGLE FOR STARTUPS 2025Google Workspace — Featured, March 2025
GOOGLE WORKSPACE 2025Brown University — Applied AI curriculum, guest faculty
BROWN UNIVERSITYNYC Design & Culture — Platform founder, 2025
NYC DESIGN & CULTUREGeospatial Development — Google recognition, 2025
GOOGLE GEOSPATIAL 2025A timeline.
2010
Design and build practice founded in New York City
2012
Brooklyn workshops open. Millwork, drapery, custom furniture production
2023
Property documentation methodology developed from fifteen years of work
2024
IDist v1 launched. First property dossiers delivered
SUMMER 2025
Accepted into Google for Startups
FALL 2025
NYC Design & Culture platform launched
MARCH 2025
Featured in Google Workspace geospatial video
FALL 2025
Partnership network established with architects and designers
WINTER 2025
IDist v2 launched. Tri-State Area coverage
WINTER 2026
Oversubscribed. Active waitlist opened
FEBRUARY 2026
IDist API beta released for professional partners