Wendell Castle (1932–2018) was an American sculptor and furniture maker born in Emporia, Kansas. He studied industrial design and sculpture at the University of Kansas before moving to Rochester, New York, to teach at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he kept a studio for nearly 60 years. Across six decades, his sculptural furniture in wood, plastic and other materials transformed American furniture design.
The Haas Brothers, twins Nikolai and Simon Haas (b. 1984, Santa Monica), grew up in Austin, Texas, and live and work in Los Angeles. Founding their studio in 2010 as furniture designers, they now make humorous, biomorphic sculpture and design in bronze, brass, glass, porcelain and fur. Their mid-career survey Uncanny Valley opened at Cranbrook Art Museum in 2025, and their work is in the Met and Cooper Hewitt collections.
