Jess Fügler is an American designer whose work explores ideas of narrative, process, and value in domestic objects. Inspired by past and current cultures along with industrial production and handcraft, Jess' work possesses a poetic playfulness driven by a hands-on approach to materials and making.
Jess lives and works in New York where she runs her own studio practice developing furniture, lighting, and homegoods. She is the Co-Founder of Other Kingdom and teaches at Parsons School of Design. Alongside her own practice, Jess has worked for others in the design industry, notably as a Senior Product Developer for HAY and as the Design Director for Matter Made.
Internationally trained, Jess holds a Master’s degree in Design Products from the Royal College of Art in London, a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York alongside additional studies in the Gestaltung program at Bauhaus Universität in Weimar, Germany.
Jess lives and works in New York where she runs her own studio practice developing furniture, lighting, and homegoods. She is the Co-Founder of Other Kingdom and teaches at Parsons School of Design. Alongside her own practice, Jess has worked for others in the design industry, notably as a Senior Product Developer for HAY and as the Design Director for Matter Made.
Internationally trained, Jess holds a Master’s degree in Design Products from the Royal College of Art in London, a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York alongside additional studies in the Gestaltung program at Bauhaus Universität in Weimar, Germany.
Clients &
Collaborations
Exhibitions
2025 Upcoming - GIFT, New York
2025 Upcoming - Detroit Warehouse Art & Design, Detroit
2025 Paraphernalia - Desire, New York
2025 Soft Landing, New York
2024 Paraphernalia, New York
2022 Verso Showroom, New York
2022 Piece of Earth, Finland
2022 East to West, Schloss Hollenegg, Austria
2022 Atlas of Lost Finds,Design Fest Gent, Belgium
2019 London Design Festival, London
2018 Maison Objet, Paris
2017 OFFSITE Selects, New York
2017 Rumors Fly, New York
2016 Lexus at Salone del Mobile, Milan
2016 OFFSITE, New York
2016 American Design Club Growth, New York
2015 Community of Craft, London
2014 Sustain RCA, London
2014 Big Small Show, London
2014 Droog’s Construct-de-Construct, Amsterdam
2025 Upcoming - Detroit Warehouse Art & Design, Detroit
2025 Paraphernalia - Desire, New York
2025 Soft Landing, New York
2024 Paraphernalia, New York
2022 Verso Showroom, New York
2022 Piece of Earth, Finland
2022 East to West, Schloss Hollenegg, Austria
2022 Atlas of Lost Finds,Design Fest Gent, Belgium
2019 London Design Festival, London
2018 Maison Objet, Paris
2017 OFFSITE Selects, New York
2017 Rumors Fly, New York
2016 Lexus at Salone del Mobile, Milan
2016 OFFSITE, New York
2016 American Design Club Growth, New York
2015 Community of Craft, London
2014 Sustain RCA, London
2014 Big Small Show, London
2014 Droog’s Construct-de-Construct, Amsterdam
Honors &
Awards
2022 Taattisten Tila Design Residency, Finland
2019 Riedel Design Finalist
2018 Sight Unseen’s Best of NY Design Week
2018 Sight Unseen’s Best of Maison Objet
2017 Lexus Design Award Finalist
2016 Selected for Elle Decor’s ‘What’s Hot’ List
2014 People of Print Graduate Award Finalist
2012 IMM Cologne D3 Furniture Award Finalist
2019 Riedel Design Finalist
2018 Sight Unseen’s Best of NY Design Week
2018 Sight Unseen’s Best of Maison Objet
2017 Lexus Design Award Finalist
2016 Selected for Elle Decor’s ‘What’s Hot’ List
2014 People of Print Graduate Award Finalist
2012 IMM Cologne D3 Furniture Award Finalist
Education
Royal College of Art, London - Design Products MA (2014)
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn - Industrial Design BID (2010)
Bauhaus Universität, Weimar DE - Gestaltung (2009)
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn - Industrial Design BID (2010)
Bauhaus Universität, Weimar DE - Gestaltung (2009)