Experiential
Home Goods
Furniture
Grant Kilgard
I am an industrial designer and fine artist drawn to the objects and spaces people live with every day. I’ve worked across CPG, consumer electronics, medical devices, furniture, and experiential design and what I care about most is making things that are considered, a little sculptural, and worth keeping around. Through my work, I aim to bring a researcher’s rigor and an artist’s instinct to every project, because I believe great design starts with genuinely caring about how objects and spaces make people feel.
CO-OPS
P&G 2x
HUGE Design
Factory360 2x
FEATURED WORK
The series of sculptural furniture pieces, Warped Columns, is built using splayed miter joints, where each panel is cut on a compound angle that simultaneously bevels outward from vertical, causing the column’s side faces to taper to a near knife-edge when viewed in profile. From the side, the piece reads as a single slender board with almost no apparent depth. Rotate to a frontal view and the splayed faces bloom outward, catching light and shadow in a way that communicates mass and architectural presence far beyond the footprint the piece actually occupies. The illusion works because the brain reads the converging lines of the splayed miters as a perspective cue, treating the angled faces as evidence of a form receding in space. The shelf performs depth, collapsing and expanding its apparent volume entirely depending on where you stand.
In April 2025, L.L.Bean brought its Japan-exclusive collection to the U.S. for the first time, hosting pop-up shops in New York City and Los Angeles. These events showcased over 20 styles and colorways that blend L.L.Bean’s classic Americana with Japanese design sensibilities. The collection featured oversized silhouettes, rich textures, natural earth tones, and spring accents, offering a fresh take on the brand’s heritage pieces. The New York City pop-up was held in Williamsburg from April 11 to April 13, while the Los Angeles event took place on Melrose Avenue on April 10 and 11. These exclusive in-person events provided American customers a unique opportunity to experience and purchase the Japan Collection, which was not available online Agency : Factory360 Associate Senior Designer : Analise Mehmet Senior Art Director : Hiann Prum
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Experiential
Home Goods
Furniture
Grant Kilgard
I am an industrial designer and fine artist drawn to the objects and spaces people live with every day. I’ve worked across CPG, consumer electronics, medical devices, furniture, and experiential design and what I care about most is making things that are considered, a little sculptural, and worth keeping around. Through my work, I aim to bring a researcher’s rigor and an artist’s instinct to every project, because I believe great design starts with genuinely caring about how objects and spaces make people feel.
CO-OPS
P&G 2x
HUGE Design
Factory360 2x
FEATURED WORK
The series of sculptural furniture pieces, Warped Columns, is built using splayed miter joints, where each panel is cut on a compound angle that simultaneously bevels outward from vertical, causing the column’s side faces to taper to a near knife-edge when viewed in profile. From the side, the piece reads as a single slender board with almost no apparent depth. Rotate to a frontal view and the splayed faces bloom outward, catching light and shadow in a way that communicates mass and architectural presence far beyond the footprint the piece actually occupies. The illusion works because the brain reads the converging lines of the splayed miters as a perspective cue, treating the angled faces as evidence of a form receding in space. The shelf performs depth, collapsing and expanding its apparent volume entirely depending on where you stand.
In April 2025, L.L.Bean brought its Japan-exclusive collection to the U.S. for the first time, hosting pop-up shops in New York City and Los Angeles. These events showcased over 20 styles and colorways that blend L.L.Bean’s classic Americana with Japanese design sensibilities. The collection featured oversized silhouettes, rich textures, natural earth tones, and spring accents, offering a fresh take on the brand’s heritage pieces. The New York City pop-up was held in Williamsburg from April 11 to April 13, while the Los Angeles event took place on Melrose Avenue on April 10 and 11. These exclusive in-person events provided American customers a unique opportunity to experience and purchase the Japan Collection, which was not available online Agency : Factory360 Associate Senior Designer : Analise Mehmet Senior Art Director : Hiann Prum
Copyright © 2026 UCID26.com. All Rights Reserved.
Experiential
Home Goods
Furniture
Grant Kilgard
I am an industrial designer and fine artist drawn to the objects and spaces people live with every day. I’ve worked across CPG, consumer electronics, medical devices, furniture, and experiential design and what I care about most is making things that are considered, a little sculptural, and worth keeping around. Through my work, I aim to bring a researcher’s rigor and an artist’s instinct to every project, because I believe great design starts with genuinely caring about how objects and spaces make people feel.
CO-OPS
P&G 2x
HUGE Design
Factory360 2x
“
UCID gave me the range to work across industries and the permission to keep making art alongside it. The Co-op program is a saving grace for any interdisciplinary, curiosity-driven designer. I’ll miss the people most!
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FEATURED WORK
The series of sculptural furniture pieces, Warped Columns, is built using splayed miter joints, where each panel is cut on a compound angle that simultaneously bevels outward from vertical, causing the column’s side faces to taper to a near knife-edge when viewed in profile. From the side, the piece reads as a single slender board with almost no apparent depth. Rotate to a frontal view and the splayed faces bloom outward, catching light and shadow in a way that communicates mass and architectural presence far beyond the footprint the piece actually occupies. The illusion works because the brain reads the converging lines of the splayed miters as a perspective cue, treating the angled faces as evidence of a form receding in space. The shelf performs depth, collapsing and expanding its apparent volume entirely depending on where you stand.
In April 2025, L.L.Bean brought its Japan-exclusive collection to the U.S. for the first time, hosting pop-up shops in New York City and Los Angeles. These events showcased over 20 styles and colorways that blend L.L.Bean’s classic Americana with Japanese design sensibilities. The collection featured oversized silhouettes, rich textures, natural earth tones, and spring accents, offering a fresh take on the brand’s heritage pieces. The New York City pop-up was held in Williamsburg from April 11 to April 13, while the Los Angeles event took place on Melrose Avenue on April 10 and 11. These exclusive in-person events provided American customers a unique opportunity to experience and purchase the Japan Collection, which was not available online Agency : Factory360 Associate Senior Designer : Analise Mehmet Senior Art Director : Hiann Prum
XYZ was the inaugural lamp project in Homegrown Studio, the course Steve Doehler runs out of Ben Booker’s ADAAPT space. George Hausberger, Will Carty, and I designed a lamp system built around a standardized base and interchangeable 3D-printed shades that range from primitive to sculptural. It was my first real exercise in designing a product family, and in treating 3D printing as a material with its own voice rather than a stand-in for injection molding.
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