Daniel michalik biography

Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Michalik is principal of DMFD, a firm creating furniture and objects from underutilized, environmentally responsible materials.

Recent explorations have unlocked the vast potential of cork to perform in ways no other material can. Daniel was the recipient of the Fellowship in Design from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts in 2005. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Milan Furniture Fair, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and the VIA in Paris.

Furniture/ product design firm based in Brooklyn, New York.

Daniel was recently a Visiting Researcher at Central Saint Martins in London, and made frequent visits to Portugal to research the entire system of cork, from.

He has been teaching product design and interior design at Parsons, and has led numerous workshops at design and craft schools worldwide.

Daniel Michalik, born Providence, RI Credit Line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Phyllis and Sidney Bresler in memory of Charles S. Bresler.

Daniel is a designer and design educator based in the heart of creativity, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

His work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Dwell, Food & Wine, Wallpaper*, Interior Design and American Craft, as well as the Sundance Channel and HGTV. He received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in the Department of Furniture Design, and currently teaches Industrial Design at he University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

He lives and works in New York City. Special Designer Offer:  Receive 20% off Daniel's 12"Alentejo B