Chris Wolston is an artist with a capital A. Whether he’s dreaming up an anthropomorphic lounge chair that holds you like a hug, or an art nouveau side table composed of lifelike cast bronze blooms, the designer’s pieces are imbued with both emotional depth and levity. “I love that design balances intention with surprise,” he tells Business of Home . “It’s a space where tradition and experimentation meet, where stories can be told through craft, and where humor has a place in everyday life.”

A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Wolston first grew interested in design while studying non-Western art traditions at Kokrobitey Institute in Accra, Ghana. “That was when I first began to see design as more than just form—it became about process.”

After earning a degree in glassmaking at the

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