Anna Karlin

Anna Karlin is a self-taught product designer originally trained in visual communication. Born in London, Anna attended Central St. Martins School (ArtFoundation) and Glasgow School of Art (BA). Her work encompasses furniture and lighting design, interiors, a fine jewelry collection, and creative direction.
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She takes great joy in working across different mediums and aesthetics with an approach that is united by the same principles: The beauty found in the tension between the natural and the manmade, the tension between the familiar and the new, and a ritualistic approach to craftsmanship and detail.

A sculptor at heart, Karlin often sculpts hundreds of iterations of each piece, and considers her work usable sculpture. She believes strongly that all forms of design should tell a story and that all the disciplines contribute wonderfully to each other and therefore no one area should remain untouched. Her studio practice, Anna Karlin Furniture + Fine Objects, and Anna Karlin Fine Jewelry, are the result of this sensibility.

Anna currently lives and works in New York, USA.
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Education

2006  Glasgow School of Art

2003  Central Saint Martins

Exhibitions

2024  JB Blunk Space / 100 Hooks

2024  Nilufar / Time Traveler Awards + Residences

2022  Triode / Anna Karlin + Bec Brittian

2019  Rossana Orlandi / Salone

2018  Fernando Mastrangelo + Hannah Martin / Good Company

Awards + Residences

2018  Villa Lena Residency Teaching, Lectures, Juries

2018  FGI International Rising Star / Jewelry

2014  FGI International Rising Star / Home

Teaching, Lectures, Juries

2014  Guest Lecture Mexico City Design Week

2018  Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design Furniture Department midterm reviews, Providence, RI

2022  Guest Critic, Parsons, Lighting Design, New York, NY

2022  Lamp The Competition, Judge