I know a lot of individuals who do contract furniture design. Sometimes they have interns or assistant designers. I haven’t heard of any firms that specialize in it. It is an interesting business, largely royalty based, so I imagine keeping overhead low is probably important.
Thanks for the response! When I say contract furniture I mean furniture that is designed in high volume for commercial installation. For instance offices, hospitals, schools, etc. I know Birsel + Seck has done some office furniture in the past and I’m sure there are many others.
Funny, I went to U of Illinois and worked at Steelcase and have never even heard of this guy, but very familiar with A LOT of the work on his site!
Thanks for sharing!
Populous is another firm I would throw into this list. Mainly an architecture and design firm, they also have a product design studio that works with large contract furniture manufacturers.