Christopher Specce

Based in Rhode Island, Christopher Specce is a teacher and independent designer. His practice ranges from commercially oriented product design to one-of-a-kind pieces emphasizing craft and materiality. He has created work across the furniture and consumer product industries for clients including Herman Miller, Design Within Reach, and Procter & Gamble. From 2015 to 2018 he was co-organizer of Furnishing Utopia, a design, research, and exhibition project primarily centered on creative responses to the design influence of the Shakers.

With an approach that embraces the overlap of art and design, Specce believes useful objects are important cultural expressions in which meaning and utility play equally important roles. His studio practice features extensive use of digital design and fabrication tools alongside traditional craft techniques.