Malcolm Majer seeks out the unexpected in his designs. The Baltimore maker likes to disrupt the formalities of traditional furniture with a mix of unconventional shapes and innovative materials. “My most successful works are the ones that surprise me,” he tells Business of Home .

Growing up between Baltimore and Chicago, Majer was always building small worlds with functional objects as a child. He made his first piece of furniture when he was just 13 years old, a media table assembled from scrap lumber and drywall screws. After falling in love with welding and sculpting in high school, he studied furniture design at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he honed his ability to craft artful yet ultra-utilitarian furnishings. “I focus on working in three dimensions,” he says. “I’m alw

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