(New York, United States)(Recycled Materials, Glass, Multi)(Design Directory)2023-01-11
Chen Chen & Kai Williams
Chen Chen & Kai Williams create a wide range of products, from handmade, one-off, and limited-production collectible works to producing specialty home goods carried by retailers around the world.
Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Inc. (CCKW) is a design studio that explores materials and new ways to use them. Chen Chen and Kai Williams met while studying industrial design at the Pratt Institute and founded the company in New York City in 2011. The studio creates a wide range of products, from handmade, one-off, and limited-production collectible works to producing specialty home goods carried by retailers around the world.
Chen Chen was born in 1985 in Shanghai, China, and grew up in the US and Canada. Kai Williams was born in 1984 in New York City.
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