PELLE is a design studio founded by Jean and Oliver Pelle, whose work exists at the intersection of art, craft, and design. Working as complementary counterparts, Jean and Oliver bring distinct perspectives to a shared practice, where a dialogue between contrast and cohesion informs both their creative process and the objects they produce. Their work balances the precision of the constructed with the expressive qualities of organic form, resulting in pieces that are at once handcrafted and machine-made, rigorous and poetic, painterly and abstract.
Trained as architects, the founders draw upon distinct backgrounds, Jean as the daughter of a sculptor and Oliver as the son of a structural engineer, to shape a practice grounded equally in intuition and discipline. Drawing from personal observations of the natural world, historical art movements, geometry, and form, PELLE distills these influences into objects designed to be lived with.
Based in Brooklyn, New York, PELLE operates from a 12,000-square-foot studio that brings design, workshop, and exhibition under one roof. This integrated environment allows ideas to move fluidly from conception to realization, reinforcing the studio’s hands-on approach and commitment to craftsmanship.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
2026 Homo Faber Guide the inaugural list of 200 USA Artists selected by The Michaelangelo Foundation
2025 Wallpaper USA 400 “400 creatives defining the discourse here in the USA – and the world more broadly”
2024 United States Artists Fellowship Award Nominee by Ford, Rockefeller, Rasmuson, & Prudential Foundations
2024 Createurs Awards Finalist for Best Product – Quadrat Chair
2024 Wallpaper* USA 400 “400 people shaping Creative America”
2024 NYCxDesign Award for Best Floor Lamp – Tripp Stack
2023 Wallpaper* USA 300 the inaugural list of creative names that are “forging new paths through America’s design landscape”
2023 Design Miami Collectors Lounge
2021 Design Miami Curio
2018 ICFF Editors Award for Best Lighting at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair
2017 The American Design Hot List one of 10 design studios to watch by Sight Unseen
2016 Best Young Americans Award one of four American design studio on the rise selected by Wallpaper* Design Awards
2016 Best of Products Award for Best Lighting for Pris Collection by Architect’s Newspaper
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Lines, Squares, and Painterly Light, Pelle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Biophilia: Nature Reimagined, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2024 Far and Wide, Pelle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Upon Further Reflection, Philip Lim Store, New York City, NY
2022 Metalworks – Designing & Making, Konschthal Esch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2022 Nana et Nymphaea – A Walk Through a Tropical Painting, Triode Gallery, Paris, France
2021 Designing Women III: Mother, Egg Collective, New York City, NY
2019 Unnatural Habitat, Pelle Gallery, New York City, NY
2017 Four Scenes, E.R. Butler & Co Showroom, New York City, NY
2016 Hotel Wallpaper – Wallpaper* Handmade Exhibition, Milan, Italy
2013 Destination NYC, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY