Benjamin Edgar: An Object Company

3. Apr.

Benjamin Edgar Gott is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary designer — though his extensive body of work spans beyond any one-word label.

Founded in 2009, the eponymous brand was created from a deep curiosity and love of specific materials, unique manufacturing processes, and the use of industrial design. The result of this never-ending curiosity is the never-ending series of objects offered by the brand. Abstract and often elegantly confusing everyday objects that prioritize emotional sensation first and functionality second with an intense focus on quality and an obsession with even unseen details.

Fundamentally, Benjamin uses design to participate in the world around him. His primary project, literally named “An Object Company”, stands as the culmination of decade’s worth of research and development across varying processes and materials. He creates objects for life, leisure, and emotion by a mix of irreverence, elegant confusion, exceptional materials, and an intense attention to detail. Each piece — whether to adorn the home, to wear, or to simply look at — balances the useful with the useless, inviting the opportunity to explore, dream, and look at the world around you from a different angle.