Studio McAllister was founded in 2019 by Brian McAllister, now based in Oakland, California. He grew up in Washington State where he earned a BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Washington. He Co-founded the collaborative studio Iacoli & McAllister in 2009 where he developed a line of furniture and lighting products which have been used in many residential and commercial projects across the country. In 2013 the studio was recognized and listed on Sight Unseens American Design Hot List. Past work has been featured in The New York Times, T Magazine, Wallpaper*, Dwell, Surface, Elle Decor UK, Cereal, Luxe Northwest, Wired, Fast Company, Sight Unseen, Interior Design, Vogue Living and other publications online and in print.

Since leaving Iacoli & McAllister in 2016 he worked on freelance design projects and dove into creating a new foundation of inspiration and direction by way of climbing trips into the Cascade Mountain Range and ultimately doing a 2 year stint honing skills with a high end furniture and architectural metal fabricator.

Studio McAllister. The new foundation is rooted in this design journey. Experiences build the inspiration, a simple walk in a park or city. Climbing in the mountains, getting hands on granite or desert rock formations. Fabricating and installing metal work at the apex of craft and demand for perfection, a family trip to Southern Utah and Arizona’s breathtaking parks all culminate and inspire an experimental material approach to creating this body of design work. Current material obsessions include but are not limited to marble, stone, petrified wood, cast concrete, oak, fir or pine, aluminium, copper, steel all in raw lived with patina states or refined and polished.

Contact

Brian McAllister
brian@studiomcallister.com