COMMISSION & CONCEPT WORK
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Client Commissions, Concept Pitches, & Creative Consulting
ABOUT THE
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ABOUT THE WORK
Each of these projects posed a distinct creative challenge—some client-driven, others concept-led—spanning custom-made lighting, conservation design, and speculative product development.
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COMMISSIONED BY CELERY KEMBLE
CUSTOM PENDANT LIGHTS
Commissioned by renowned interior designer Celery Kemble for a newly constructed New York penthouse, this pair of custom pendants was created to reinterpret—but not reproduce—the Animal : Mineral series. Kemble had seen the original collection and contacted me directly to create two fixtures that would reference the horsehair pendants while offering a distinct interpretation.
Working from her architectural plans, I reimagined the design—simplifying the metal form and inverting the original concept. Instead of horsehair cascading from the frame, the final pendants used taut horsehair strands as a structural element, suspending the minimal metal forms in place.
TRACKING OF THE SPECIES
HAUTE COUTURE COLLARS
THIS IS NOT A LOCKET FROM GRANDMA—rather, it’s a bold, beautiful way to call to arms.
Created in consultation with the Midwestern Regional Director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), these haute couture chokers reference tracking collars fitted to wild tigers. Tracking gear for wildlife helps save animals in peril. The Tracking of the Species collars are engraved with a number corresponding to a tiger currently being tracked.
Intended to sell at auction for upward of $15k—equivalent to the cost of fitting and tracking a single tiger.
PROJECT DETAILS
The aim of the project was to raise awareness and generate funds to help protect and save these majestic animals from extinction.
Tigers fitted with GPS tracking collars can be accurately located every half-hour. This helps scientists and conservationists better understand tiger ecology and how these animals adapt to ever-changing environments.
Animal tracking collars have already proven effective at catching poachers who trap, kill, and sell tigers. Today, poaching is the leading cause of tiger population decline. Funding is desperately needed to help stop these rampant killings.
PRODUCT DESIGN CONSULTING
A curated selection of independently developed and client-directed product designs, focused on materiality, multi-functionality, and embedded narrative through physical design.
NOVE OF CALIFORNIA
— Brought on board to modernize existing product lines and introduce striking new designs to reinvigorate NOVA’s lighting collection.
NOVA of California
— Brought on board to modernize existing product lines and introduce striking new designs to reinvigorate NOVA’s lighting collection.
TableLamp
— A minimalist, dual-purpose design. Adjustable light and surface function independently or together — as a coffee table, side table, or ambient accent.
TABLELAMP
— A minimalist, dual-purpose design. Adjustable light and surface function independently or together — as a coffee table, side table, or ambient accent.
JOLIE-LAIDE
— Dining tables that echo the silhouettes of endangered animals — a blend of art and utility, created for auction to raise funds and awareness for wildlife conservation.
Jolie-Laide
— Dining tables that echo the silhouettes of endangered animals — a blend of art and utility, created for auction to raise funds and awareness for wildlife conservation.
