Cole Slater

CLIENTS:
MAISON MARGIELA FRAGRANCE
THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
HUMANHOME.CO
LA NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
NO MAINTENANCE
CLOCKSHOP LA
SHAPES USA
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SERVICES:
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
SPATIAL DESIGN
EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING
FURNITURE DESIGN

IMAGES:
COLE SLATER
PETER DONG

I’m a Los Angeles-based designer working across industrial and spatial design, which essentially means I like building things that shape how people move, feel, and connect with their surroundings. I studied Media Arts + Practice at USC, where I learned to blend storytelling with 3D design, and how to function on almost no sleep.

Design’s been an obsession since I was a kid. I’d rearrange the living room for better “energy flow” and sketch chairs instead of doing math homework. That early curiosity eventually grew into a practice rooted in architecture and furniture, guided by the belief that objects and spaces should do more than just work. They should speak.

I’m drawn to projects that mix history with experimentation. I pull from baroque architecture, medieval artifacts, and dusty museum catalogs, then twist them into something more contemporary. Whether I’m designing a lamp or an immersive space, I’m after that moment where emotion and utility lock in together.

Friends say I’m relentless when a problem needs solving, and they’re probably right. I love a tough design challenge almost as much as I love a good museum day. (Favorites include the Noguchi Museum, Norton Simon, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, where I’ve actually exhibited work.)

You might’ve come across my work in Hypebeast or at shows in LA and Venice, but mostly I’m just here to make objects that feel inevitable, useful, and quietly strange in the best possible way.

Outside of my practice, I create floral arrangements with the school of Sogetsu Ikebana.