About
My goal as a designer is to use metal to help bring a space to life, inspiring the viewer to describe my work with adjectives not nouns: strong, quiet, dramatic, as opposed to railing, chandelier, chair. I design metal to activate and participate in the space it occupies. Using patterns and design concepts found in nature, I guide the metal forms to find their own language, rather than force them to strictly represent or imitate nature.
My work can be viewed as functional sculpture. Finding no reason to separate architecture from sculpture, furniture from art, the visual from the tactile, I seek to create beautiful objects that people feel compelled to touch.
Daniel Hopper Design is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Every piece I make is for a specific client, room, and purpose. From the first conversation to the delivered piece, you work with me through every stage of the process: design, forging, fabrication, and finish.
If you’re designing a space and want to collaborate on a piece that doesn’t exist yet, tell me about your project.
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