Erika Cross
- Michigan
- Furniture
Motivated by the desire to elevate ordinary objects and familiar forms into unexpected delights, Erika investigates the relationships between object, scale, and user. Her aesthetic fuses sculptural forms with utilitarian functionality. Working at the intersection of product and process, she has a hands-on approach to...Read More
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Artist accepts commissions.
STATEMENT
Motivated by the desire to elevate ordinary objects and familiar forms into unexpected delights, Erika investigates the relationships between object, scale, and user. Her aesthetic fuses sculptural forms with utilitarian functionality. Working at the intersection of product and process, she has a hands-on approach to design. The workshop becomes the source and site of her creative energy; both library and laboratory. Using research, intuition, experience, and experiment, Erika purposefully challenges limitations to develop innovative methods and objects.
BIO
Born in Michigan, Erika is the founder of Erika Cross Studio. She received an MFA in Design Products from the Royal College of Art in 2014. Prior to that she studied simultaneously at two universities, earning a BFA in Art and Design from the University of Michigan in 2011, and a BS in Interior Design at Eastern Michigan University in 2012.
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/COMMISSIONS
2020 Wanted Design Manhattan Launchpad - COVID19 Online Edition
2020 High Point Market INNOVATION+DESIGN - COVID19
Online Edition:
2018 Ann Arbor Art Center Works in Progress Exhibition
2018 Brighton Art Guild Our Town Exhibition
2017 Archello How it's Made Exhibition, Toronto
2017 World Design Summit, Montreal
2015 Mood Expo, Brussels
2013 ICFF, furniture society
2013 ICFF, DIS
2011 Site Lab, Grand Rapids
2010 Brighton Art Guild
EDUCATION
2014 - MFA Royal College of Art, Design Products
2012 - BS Eastern Michigan University, Interior Design
2011 - BFA University of Michigan, Art and Design
AWARDS
2020 NYCxDesign Award Best in Show
2020 High Point Market INNOVATION+DESIGN Award Finalist
2019 ICFF Studio Award Shortlist
2019 Advantage Lumber Slab Contest 3rd Place
2018 Lexus Design Award Shortlist
2015 Designboom Dare to Dream Design Awards Finalist
2014 Core77 Design Awards, Student Furniture & Lighting
2014 Thierry Mugler/IFF Design Competition Finalist
2013 Furniture Society ICFF Award
2012 Niche Awards Finalist
2011 ASFD Student Design Competition Recipient
2010 ASFD Jason Phillips Award
2010 IFDA Ruth Clark Furniture Design Award
2010 Brighton Art Guild Norma Grey Award
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 - Current, Founder, Erika Cross Studio
TAGS
furniture, furniture designer, artistic furniture, handmade wooden home accessories, modern designs, furniture designer, tables, modern art, bold furniture