Roy
Kushner is the founder and chief designer of KDG
Furniture, a creative and collaborative design
group based in New York City.
He
completed his undergraduate studies in Art History at
Rutgers University, with a focused investigation in
Architectural History carried out under the tutelage
of Dr. Tod Marder and Dr. David Underwood. He then continued
his studies at the Syracuse University School of Architecture,
where he earned a Masters degree in Architectural Design.
His
furniture and industrial designs have evolved out of a long and emerging
relationship with design and materials. As a trained
Architectural Designer and Art Historian he has worked
in Architecture, interior design, and construction.
Throughout the course of his professional career he
has become increasingly and intimately involved with
materials and methods of construction; and he draws
on his artistic and design background to imbue his designs
with larger issues of context, history, and culture.
His Patent Pending PICTURE FRAME, now being sold exclusively at this web site, is a small work of art which cleverly combines the generic with the unique. The picture frame is a modern easel - a veritable blank artist's canvas - designed to be personalized by the inclusion of a variety of laser-cut "ornaments." The frame is a great companion to any photograph.
His
current line of hand-crafted modern furniture consists of simple,
modular metal frames juxtaposed with metal, wood, and
glass. The furniture consists of a “kit of parts”
that is an adaptable language for custom design.
His
work is has been shown at the henro furniture showroom in SoHo; The DKNY Flagship store in Midtown Manhattan; Sustainable
Living and Hogar
Collection in Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
and at A
Taste of Art, in Tribecca.
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