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Chen Chen & Kai Williams is a design studio rooted in curiosity and innovation, redefining the possibilities of material and form. With a flair for invention, the studio pioneers unconventional techniques and reimagines everyday industrial materials, crafting them into unexpected, extraordinary applications.

Chen Chen and Kai Williams met while attending the Pratt Institute and founded the company in New York City in 2011. The studio creates a wide range of products from hand made one-off and limited production collectible works to manufacturing specialty home goods carried by retailers around the world. Whatever the method, an overarching sensitivity to materials and production processes carries through every object

Collectible Design works represented by The Future Perfect. Past clients include Whitney Museum, Gagosian, Kvadrat, Hem, Heron Preston, Mission Chinese Food and Warby Parker. Presentations of their work have been held at the Museum of Art and Design (USA) and the Venice Architecture Biennale (Italy). Manufacturing clients include West Elm, Tai Ping Carpets, Areaware and Craighill.