Jonathan Olivares was born in Boston in 1981 and graduated from the Pratt Institute. In 2006, he opened his industrial design studio in Los Angeles. His designs capture a legacy of form and technology, and ask to be used instead of observed. Among the projects recent installations include the Bruges Training Facility, for Performance Space New York (2018) and Room for a Daybed, for Kortrijk Biennale Interieur (2016); the Aluminum Bench, for Zahner (2015); the Vitra Workspace, a showroom of office furniture and learning environments, for Vitra (2015); the exhibition Source Material, curated by Jasper Morrison and Marco Velardi (2014); and Olivares Aluminum Chair, for Knoll (2012).
Olivares's work has also been published internationally, has received several awards for its design, including the Compasso d'Oro of Italy, and is part of the permanent design collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Victory and Alberto Museum in England and the Vitra Design Museum.
Olivares's work has also been published internationally, has received several awards for its design, including the Compasso d'Oro of Italy, and is part of the permanent design collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Victory and Alberto Museum in England and the Vitra Design Museum.
