OFFICE OF USE™









“Use” is the meeting point between people and objects. It’s not just about what something does, but how it invites interaction—the gestures, choices, and experiences that unfold around it. A well-designed object doesn’t only fulfill a function, it also reflects culture and context. The ways people adopt, adapt, or even repurpose objects tell stories about values, habits, and community.

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01.CO-LAB
Thesis 
2025Product / Experience
Pratt Institute
Masters of Industrial Design
For emerging creatives, casual musicians, and design-conscious users who seek accessible, social ways to engage with music-making, CO-LAB is a wireless synthesizer system that makes electronic music creation intuitive, tactile, and fun through real-time jamming. Investigating the question “Can the ideas of good design, modularity, and music-making offer new social and sonic possibilities?”

Paraphernalia Exhibition, June 2025, New York, NY. Curated by Jess Fügler and Eliza Axelson-Chidsey

02.Maneo
15 Weeks
2024 Public Furniture
Pratt Institute
Masters of Industrial Design
Named after the Latin word for “to stay,” this seating system is modular and swivels 360 degrees, providing city-goers and urban planners with more comfortable urban spaces. You can sit straight, swivel, and talk to a friend or find a table and set up a computer for work.
03.Muri
4 Weeks
2024 Lighting
MASS.MADE
Rwanda
The Muri collection represents a collaboration between contemporary sensibility and artisanal Rwandan craft. Developed in three sizes, the forms can be used with tea lights in indoor or outdoor dining settings or, as wired lamps for residential and commercial hospitality use. To create the delicate palm-woven shade, an innovative approach was used, substituting the original bamboo structural rings with steel wire. This allowed for more minor knots to be woven with the palm strands, thereby creating a more refined look.
04.R-Chair
12 Weeks
2023

 Outdoor Furniture
Bienenstock Furniture Library
High Point, NC
The R-Chair’s name is derived from the Morse code-like incisions on its seat. These incisions not only allow wind and water to pass through the form, but they also serve as a lock to prevent the removable cushion from slipping when one sits down. The Morse code nods at a secretive yet highly functional system of communication. This speaks to the chair's efficient use of material through simplicity and adaptability, its hidden connection points on the backside of the seat, and its purpose as a vehicle for outdoor gatherings and conversation. The R-Chair provides a level of comfort and ease for the user, knowing it can always be where it was meant to be… outside.
05.Super Normal Table
4 Weeks 
2024 Furniture
Pratt Institute 
Masters of Industrial Design
As a nod to the exhibition curated by Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa under the same name, this table provides just what you need and nothing more. Sturdy, lightweight, and simple, the solid poplar construction gives a surface to practically anything. 

06.Everyday Teapot
8 Weeks
2023 Product
School of Visual Arts 
MFA Products of Design
This product was designed in response to a school competition to develop products for the MoMA Design Store. MoMA’s brief was for products that are timeless and sustainable. The Everyday Teapot, through its classic mid-century simplicity and its ceramic materiality, answers this question. It brings a touch of warmth and honest nostalgia to any tea ritual.


07.Alan Module
8 Weeks
2023 Furniture, Audio
Office of Use 
New York, NY
Recessed into the Alan module’s lightweight frame is storage for headphones, records, listening accessories, and a playback system. All the necessary wiring is housed inside, and its wheeled bottom makes it easy to move throughout the home or the office. As Vinyl sales continue to grow, so does the need for thoughtfully designed listening environments.