Leading the evolution of studio GLASS by blurring the lines of art, craft, function and DESIGN
ESQUE by Andi Kovel. Handmade to order in Portland, Oregon
Andi has taken lead as brand creative director with a collection of glass designs that capture her iconic perspective. Her signature style takes form as evocative lighting and covetable objects. The material properties of glass are magnified with exploration, curiosity and tradition. ESQUE aims to enchant and elevate the expression of glass.
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Andi Kovel is a designer and master craftmen who started her career in Brooklyn at Urban Glass where she worked as gaffer to elite fine artists and designers such as Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg and Liza Lou. She co-founded ESQUE with Justin Parker in 1999 and together they led a movement in glass by shattering the rules and redefining notions of craft and material associated with their medium.
Justin Parker has branched off and now accessible as Justin Parker Glass and you can click the link to view his signature line of new work and iconic designs.
Esque has risen to international acclaim, most notably named as Time Magazine’s “Design 100", today’s most influential and inspired international designers.
Kovel has designed projects and editions for brands including: Donna Karen, Ralph Lauren, Nike, Anthropologie, Amstel Light, Bushmills, Marmol Radziner, Skylab Architecture, Studio Gang, Jessica Helgerson ID, Osmose, Wieden + Kennedy, and Design Within Reach. The process of glassblowing is collaborative in nature and has inspired award winning lines with Justin Parker, Harry Allen Design, Cedar & Moss, Geoff Mcfetridge, Emily Katz and Heath Ceramics. site specific interior installation and lighting include: Stumptown Coffee, PENDLETON flagship, Sephora, The W Hotel Seattle, Beast, Le Pigeon, Doug Fir Lounge, Lumberroom, and Tribeca Grand Hotel.
ANDI KOVEL is celebrated internationally as an influential accessory designer and glass blower in addition to exhibiting as a fine artist. Andi's background in sculpture, accessory design, and art theory inform her signature style and her recognition as one of the most inventive glass artists working today. Her work has been exhibited and awarded internationally. Kovel's avant-garde innovations of form and process have won her wide acclaim as a tastemaker of modern design.
“I am an inventor, an explorer, a magician, a creator, a disrupter, a dreamer. “ - Andi Kovel
