Kiel Mead, Jewelry and Furniture Designer

A Pratt graduate who cut his teeth in the Brooklyn design scene, jewelry and furniture maker Kiel Mead represents the next generation of New York designers. Taking inspiration from such disparate sources as everyday objects (car keys, chewing gum, retainers) and Catholic iconography (Saint Sebastian, crucifixes), his work mixes irreverence with first-rate craftsmanship.

In this video, we visit his Brooklyn studio where he shows us his work and walks us through his thought process. We also head to Brooklyn's renowned design outpost, The Future Perfect, to see his show with German design duo 45 Kilo called "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness."

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• Design
• Designers
• Jewelry
• Furniture

[AdinJewelry]

beautiful video!

Love is not a matter of counting the years. It's to make the years count.

Greetings from Antwerp!

[09prosper]

ilove you

[filsphan]

i love kiel mead forever and ever since 1998

[mangomango348]

dude i saw his stuff in the future perfect

[raebaby93]

i love those string rings. theyre pretty.

[seanmantel]

every video I watch is just as inspiring as the last

[mangomango348]

i dunno i mean it is jewelry and furniture. I'm sure some of the pieces can't be too creative (like the retainer) because then they could only be used in a gallery. The other stuff is mellowed down for a reason.

[KittyStarlight]

To SirNaelyan: Yeah, I like that attitude too. ^_^

(Actually I *do* have a lot of that kind of

attitude...but...somehow, I *doubt* that I

could really get people to *pay* me for it! ^_~)

I actually kind of like the jewelry...

some of the other stuff, I'm not so sure about...

but yeah, I *appreciate the idea* too. ^_^

=^__^=

[SirNaelyan]

I don't know if I like his designs or not really, but I appreciate how he can just sort of "have a gum chewing party," and get a piece out of it. That's an interesting attitude that I sometimes wish I had more of.

[PeachyRamune]

Ugh man, this guy's stuff reeks. Just another pretentious wannabe genius. All he's missing are his square framed glasses.