About
Nolan Talbot-Kelly (b. 1995) is a designer living and working in Vancouver, BC. He holds a Bachelor of Design from Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Drawing influence from the built environment—brackets, fasteners, supports, and infrastructural details— Talbot-Kelly creates furniture, lighting, and sculptural pieces rooted in craftsmanship and conceptual inquiry. His design language blurs the boundary between utility and aesthetic by appropriating mass-produced materials in ways that transcend their commercial utility.
Talbot-Kelly embraces constraint as both a conceptual and practical framework. His prioritization of sustainability through reuse has led to a design process that embraces limitation - material, technical, or circumstantial constraints result in pragmatic, ad hoc solutions born from working with what is at hand. These lines of inquiry culminate into one-off works poised between function and sculpture, limited series and scalable designs developed for production.
Talbot-Kelly’s work has been exhibited in Canada and the United States and he is the co-creator of Obj:Obj, a design exhibition showcasing Vancouver’s independent design scene.
Education
BDES (bachelor of Design) Industrial design major,
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Vancouver B.C.
Clients
Hinterland Design
Hammer and Spear
Contact
to learn more, discuss collaborating or request pricing :)
Please send me a note at
nolantalbotkelly@gmail.com
