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Curved wooden architectural element with linear surface detailing, shown against black background by Daniel Michalik.
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Daniel Michalik

Furniture DesignerFurniture & ProductSustainable Design

Founder, DMFD; Associate Professor, Parsons School of Design at DMFD (Daniel Michalik Furniture Design)

Daniel Michalik is a Brooklyn-based furniture designer known for working almost exclusively in cork, much of it reclaimed from Portuguese wine-stopper production, alongside salvaged NYC lumber. As founder of DMFD (Daniel Michalik Furniture Design), he has produced pieces for Google, L'Oreal, and Nike, and his work is held in the Smithsonian's permanent collection and has been exhibited at the Milan Furniture Fair and the Renwick Gallery. He is also an Associate Professor of Product and Industrial Design at Parsons School of Design.

Experience

  1. Founder

    DMFD (Daniel Michalik Furniture Design)

    Current
  2. Associate Professor, Product & Industrial Design

    Parsons School of Design

    Current

Past projects

  1. Google Store furniture

    retail · New York, NY

Education

  • Rhode Island School of Design

    MFA, Furniture Design

  • Loyola University Chicago

    BA, Philosophy

Selected work