KHIRY is an Afrofuturist luxury brand specializing in sculptural jewelry pieces, uplifting Black voices and culture in an industry that has systematically excluded them. Gestural form and clear design communication take center stage, led by founder Jameel Mohammed’s talent for narrative. Launched in 2016, his expertly polished, referential forms are highly sought after, clientele including Michelle Obama, Megan Thee Stallion, and artist Kelela. Expanding into experimental garments in 2021, keep an eye out as KHIRY is just getting started.
Ceramicist by trade, Elisa Uberti works in multiple mediums to promote a fanciful side of product design, utilizing chunky accents and hyper-visible joinery that is approachable and charming in scale. There is a tactile, blocky quality to the pieces, reminiscent of Bauhaus or Postmodernist styles.
These red-hot chairs, simultaneously aflame and soft to the touch, are a delightful example of artistry in action. The organically placed licks of fabric fire rip up the form of the chair in quick succession, almost reading as tufts of fur from far away. By nature of construction, these chairs are carefully handmade, grafting the custom cover on to the specific dimensions of the chairs with deft precision.
Photography by Simon Vogel
As much creature as they are static, stained glass artist Kristi Cavataro inspires delight with her industrial-adjacent sculptures. They wend and weave amongst each other, organically compound forms giving way to rigid, strict tubes, protruding proudly from their systems. Layers of transparency mounted in cathedral-like formations captivate, a new view from every angle.
Actively fighting against the modern news cycle where art is picked up and discarded like last week’s clothing, fiber artist Tabitha Arnold says it best – “When I brought my tapestry to the union hall, I realized this was the piece I was missing. I make artwork for working-class people in the labor movement, and I got to show my new tapestry to these eyes before anyone else in the world.”
