OUR STORY
KGBL IS A LINE OF UNCOMPROMISING, UNAPOLOGETICALLY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNED AND CRAFTED IN NYC. DEDICATED TO THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL FURNITURE AFICIONADO AND ANYONE ELSE IN SEARCH OF THE BEST, KGBL PRODUCES PIECES THAT INCORPORATE UNIQUE MATERIALS USING CENTURIES-OLD TECHNIQUES AND APPLIES THEM TO MODERN BOLD LINES. INFORMED BY ART AND SHAPED BY SOPHISTICATION, THE LINE PROVIDES UNIQUE CUSTOMIZATION THAT ALLOWS FOR ENDLESS REINVENTION OF THESE ICONIC DESIGNS.
THE PRINCIPAL
CHRISTIAAN BUNCE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST RAISED BY ARTIST PARENTS. LIKE ANY CHILD HE PREFERRED PLAYING UNSUPERVISED WITH FRIENDS, BUT BEGRUDGINGLY ACCOMPANIED HIS PARENTS TO COUNTLESS ART GALLERIES, STUDIOS AND MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT THE US. EVENTUALLY FOLLOWING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS, HE EARNED A BFA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AND A MFA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN SCULPTURE. FOLLOWING HIS STUDIES HE WAS ACCEPTED TO ATTEND THE SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. HIS ART LED HIM TO NYC, WHERE AFTER 3 YEARS OF PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS PROJECTS AND ART SHOWS, HE OPENED HIS OWN FIRM, CHRISTIAAN BUNCE DESIGN. FROM 2001-2005 HE ALSO SERVED AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TEACHING SCULPTURE AND FURNITURE DESIGN AT THE PRATT INSTITUTE. KGBL IS THE EVOLUTION OF CHRISTIAAN’S JOURNEY FROM ARTIST TO FURNITURE DESIGNER - AND THE PURSUIT OF INSTILLING BEAUTY IN THE OBJECTS HE CREATES.
