Born in 1997, Mike Ruiz-Serra is an American designer and manufacturer based in New York City. Serra graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019 with a degree in industrial design.
His work is characterized by experimental manufacturing techniques, sustainable materials, and a rejection of frivolous refinement. Serra sees Franz West and Scott Burton as the work’s aesthetic forebears, sounds wise beyond his years when he reflects: “I think my greatest takeaway has been the idea that sustainable production is much more attainable if we stop embracing modern standards of refinement”.
