Charles makes…
Charles de Lisle makes furniture, lighting and objects. The things Charles makes are a curious and bold mixture of materials. Utilizing wood, bronze, plaster, metal, textiles, and clay, he alters and combines various mediums to create familiar objects embedded with texture, precision, and imbued character. By merging contradictory materials and unlikely surfaces, Charles produces things to enjoy and use.
Part imagination, part romantic daydreaming, and part mechanical process, Charles is excited by “paradoxes and contradictions; relationships with story threads that tie it all together.” His interests are manifested in designs which reflect his ability to combine the rough with the refined, the hand-hewn with machine-made, and the everyday with the spectacular. Structured and functional but with somehow a hidden undercurrent of exuberance…
some background…
The circumstances of Charles de Lisle’s childhood help explain his creative tendencies. Charles grew up in rural Massachusetts; he spent time exploring factories near his father’s woodworking shop where he collected scraps, bits of industrial products, images, and thoughts. After studying ceramics, Charles moved to California, where he learned how to weld and began fabricating lighting fixtures. Charles started his own office in 2008; a design collective focused on custom fabricated furniture, lighting, decorative arts, interior projects, and landscape projects.
~ Mariah Nielson
The Office of Charles de Lisle
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Photographers that have assisted in making our projects beautiful:
Angie Cao
Art Gray
Argast Photography
Audrey Hall
Cesar Rubio
Laure Joliet
Daniel Dent
David Duncan Livingston
Dustin Aksland
Leslie Williamson
Matthew Millman
Peter Norman
Rebecca Kmiec
Tim Street-Porter
Victor Benitez
William Abranowicz
12/8/2020
AD100 2021, what an honor again!
9/29/2020
Catch the California Spirit in the SFDC Sessions webcast. It was a pleasure chatting with Gary Hutton and Alisa Carroll.
5/7/2020
A quick Quarantine Catch-up with C Magazine.
12/5/19
We’re so excited to be included in the 2020 AD100!
11.27.19
Check out our “Cost-Cutting Hacks” in AD PRO today.
11.1.19
To say we’re honored to have a project in this amazing book is a major understatement.
6.28.19
SPACES Magazine ventured out to Sonoma County to check out the “Back to Basics” charm of Charles’ getaway. Coincidentally, one of our collaborations with Mork Ulnes Architects is featured in the same issue.
6.19.19
The summer issue of CA Home & Design is out. Grab a copy for a look at one of our fun SF projects.
4.7.19
Pick up a copy of this Sunday’s NY Times for a My Space story on Charles’ off the grid getaway.
4.1.19
Check out this fun pairing in AD PRO today.
3.25.19
We’re so honored and thankful to our peers for naming Charles as the ‘Most Inspiring Designer’ in the CA Home + Design 2019 Award Issue.
3.11.19
Congrats to our friends at The Future Perfect on the opening of the new Casa Perfect in NYC. The 40′ Linden Ivy Chandelier is a great addition to the David Chipperfield Staircase.
12.12.18
We are so very honored to be included in the AD100 top designers and architects for 2019.
11.1.2018
For all the lovers of pink, our Castro project shows it off on domino.
10.26.2018
Charles’ home made a quick appearance on the 1stdibs blog this week.
9.13.2018
We are very excited to have our project in the October Issue of Architectural Digest. Read the story here.
5.27.2018
See this quick interview with Charles in the Real Estate section of the NY Times to get great tips on choosing outdoor dining chairs.
5.17.2018
Come see the unveiling of the Linden Lighting Line, designed by Charles for The Future Perfect. It is on display at the New York Gallery for NY Design Week 2018.
2.2. 2018
Pick up a copy of the March issue of 3D Magazine to read a great article about our collaboration with Rachel Comey on the design of her NYC and LA shops.
1.15.2017
Today’s Designer Spotlight in the 1stdibs Introspective Magazine is shining on Charles. Read the great in-depth article here.
10.11.2017
Our profile in the DECASO Society Pages is up. A nice collection of a few of our projects.
10.7.2017
Don’t miss a sneak peak of the new Charles de Lisle lighting line for the The Future Perfect in the November issue of Elle Decor.
03.01.2017
Dwell launched the “Creatives of the Bay Area Series” starting with Charles and his house. Read the story here.
8.26.2016
“A Light Touch,” an article featuring one of our latest projects, was published in the SF Cottages & Gardens September issue.
7.1.2016
Another great article on Charles’ house, this time from Yellowtrace.
6.17.2016
The New York Times Style Magazine picked the new Rachel Comey store as one of the New, Transporting LA Boutiques to Shop Now.
6.10.2016
Rachel Comey store is one of the “Style findings: daily dispatches from the Wallpaper* fashion team”
6.6.2016
The news is spreading fast. Read more about the Rachel Comey Melrose Place store on Racked and LA Canvas.
6.1.2016
Our new collaboration with Rachel Comey opened on Melrose Place in Los Angeles. Get the latest info at Vogue.com
5.6.2016
Look for our new Cast Bronze lamps at the goop MRKT in San Francisco.
3.25.16
Lalo! is a great place to grab dinner in Mexico City and the Eater guide agrees.
2.5.16
David Alhadeff, founder of The Future Perfect, introduces Charles’ house to the Wall Street Journal in this great article on California Modernism.
2.2.16
Rachel Comey Goes West, and we are excited to collaborate on the second retail location for her amazing collection. Get the latest scoop in the BOF News.
1.8.16
Sneak peak of artwork by Jenny Sharaf for the Cultured Magazine booth we are collaborating on for the 2016 FOG Design + Art Fair.
1.4.16
Sight Unseen reveals we Killed it on Pinterest in 2015 with Rachel Comey & Elizabeth Roberts.
11.15.15
Getting Plastered with the Elsie Lamp and Phoenix Day on page 26 in California Homes Magazine this fall.
10.1.15
Preview of our recent project. Custom door made from sail materials.
9.15.15
Pick up a copy of the Fall 2015 edition of the California Home & Design for another look at Charles’ home.
6.11.15
Charles is curating our friend Rick Yoshimoto’s exhibition at the Bolinas Museum. Come see his great works June 20th – August 15th. Opening event is on June 20th, 3-5 PM.
5.29.15
Grab the Sunday edition of the SF Chronicle on May 31st for a walk through Charles’ house.
5.13.2015
Our Table no. 8 is representing the Shaker Heritage in the Interni Magazine this month.
5.11.2015
Pick up a copy of AD Spain for an article on Charles’ house.
5.1.2015
Take a tour of our Rincon Point project on Houzz.
2.16.2015
Charles is the Designer Crush this week at California Home + Design.
11.5.2014
Exciting news. Our friends at Maximo are opening a new pizzeria Lalo! Read the scoop in the New York Times blog.
10.24.2014
Our Hex Table Lamp makes and appearance in the Designer Goods sections of the New York Cottages & Garderns Magazine.
10.22.2014
More excitement about the opening of the new Rachel Comey Store in SoHo on KNSTRCT.
9.25.2014
Surface Magazine calls the Rachel Comey Store a “Refuge From the Norm” in this month’s issue.
9.20.2014
Rachel Comey Store is a hot spot in the September issue of Interior Design.
9.17.2014
The Linden Chandelier is one of the Beautiful Modern Chandeliers at Apartment Therapy.
9.5.2014
We are on the list of Mountain Living Magazine’s Top Mountain Interior Designers.
7.31.2014
Our Clay Street project was published in Contemporary European Style Home, a new book circulating in Europe and China.
7.24.2014
Great article on Charles’ house in the New York Times today.
7.16.2014
The Maximo story is in the Huffington Post this week.
7.14.2014
Our Chainsaw Shelf in the “Recent Acquisitions” at Hedge.
6.27.2014
A visit from Garance Dore at the Rachel Comey Store. Read her blog here.
6.13.2014
Read this great New York Times story of Mexico City by L. Barrigan, including our friends at Maximo Bistrot.
6.13.2014
More scoop on Rachel Comey’s new Store in W Magazine.
6.12.2014
Exciting news in New York. Opening of the new Rachel Comey Store in SoHo.
6.1.2014
Linden Chandelier, Table no.8, Hex Table Lamp, and Ringo Bronze Lamp are in the Russian edition of Interni Magazine this month.
5. 30.2014
Table no.8 and a quick interview with Charles in the May/June edition of the Design Bureau Magazine.
3.14.2014
Traditional Home featured one of our projects in the Early Spring Color Edition. Read it on page 95.
2.24.2014
The Linden Chandelier made an appearance in the March issue of Elle Decor.
1.15.2013
An interview with Charles was published in the DPages this week.
1.10.2013
Look for our booth at the FOG Design + Art Fair. The Preview Gala is on Thursday evening, January 16th. The fair opens to public January 17 – 19.
10.30.2013
The Trocadero Club opened this week. Look for the scoop in the tablehopper and sf.eater blogs.
9.26.2013
Linden Chandelier is “What’s Hot” in the October issue of the Robb Report.
9.12.2013
A Craftsman’s Journey article about Charles in this month’s issue of the Metropolis Magazine.
9.9.2013
Look for our Chainsaw objects in the upcoming New West Coast Design 2 exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Crafts and Design. October 26, 2013 through January 5, 2014.
9.9.2013
The Chainsaw Chair was picked as a favorite by one of the designers in the October issue of House Beautiful.
9.3.2013
Charles in the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, picking his fall favorites in Hayes Valley. The Linden Chandelier also got picked as a fall favorite at The Future Perfect.
8.13.2013
Maximo Bistrot Local in The Mexico City Issue of the Swallow Magazine.
7.17.2013
The love for the Linden Chandelier is spreading to Work Magazine.
6.27.2013
In Elle Decor Italia this month. State Bird, Hotel Tomo, and our office.
5.29.2013
This month in Elle Decor @The Future Perfect
5.23.2013
“Embracing the shine” at ICFF with The Future Perfect – from Design Sponge.
5.17.2013
Our Linden Chandelier in NYT – T-Magazine. Available at The Future Perfect
5.16.2013
From friends of The Future Perfect, as seen in Remodelista
5.15.2013
Good news for Maximo Bistrot, Mexico #1 restaurant in Zagat survey.
5.10.2013
Santa Barbara with Leslie Williamson
4.29.2013
The little restaurant that could
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