Kate Greenberg’s furniture subtly reimagines domestic objects.
In her studio in Alameda, California, Kate Greenberg designs and builds furniture and lighting out of glass, metal, and textiles. Her subtle, understated work prompts contemplation about the objects that fill our homes. “Encoded motifs from my surroundings amass to reflect back a foggy view of the built and natural world,” she says about her work. One lamp, Radiator, imitates the domestic apparatus it shares a name with without actually emitting heat. Earlier this year, she co-curated Works in Progress, which showcased furniture from 12 Bay Area design studios, at the American Industrial Center in San Francisco. She’s currently working on designing a daybed. Paola Singer wrote about Greenberg’s aluminum, stainless steel, and latex Milk Bench—and four other beautiful benches—in “A Good Place to Sit” in the Summer 2024 issue of American Craft.
How do you describe your work or practice in 50 words or less?
I design and craft furniture, objects, and lighting, with a material focus on aluminum, glass, steel, and textile. The concepts bloom from observation and meditation. Elements of both city architecture and the natural world eventually seep in, offering a new visual arena for humans to relate to our objects and spaces.
Flutter Table, 2022, aluminum, 16 x 42.5 x 35 in.
