Works in Progress is an exhibition series with a mission to amplify, archive and create dialogue around the Bay Area craft & design community. Each iteration explores a combination of furniture, objects and space, with a view into the processes and people behind them.

Kate Greenberg is an Oakland-based designer and artist specializing in furniture, objects, and lighting. Her work centers around the origins of the home, the emotional impact of space, and the subliminal influence of our built world. Metal, light, textile, and glass find new ways of expression, often through reference to phenomena in nature and visual forms in architecture. In opposition to historical, standardized ideas of furniture, she presents an alternative approach to what makes a space intimate and comfortable. In 2021, Greenberg launched her own studio practice, offering her limited edition furniture and custom products to residential and commercial clients. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Milan, including a solo exhibition during Milan Design Week 2023.

Kelley Perumbeti is the co-founder of San Francisco and Brooklyn-based studio Office of Tangible Space. Kelley, along with the work of her studio, prioritizes an exploration of design as a conduit for strengthening connection and community. Her firm’s interdisciplinary approach combines architecture, interiors, furniture and curation, with projects ranging from the object-scale to the urban. The studio aims to foster a desire to stay and notice by creating unexpected moments of interaction. Kelley graduated with an MFA in Interior Design from Parsons School of Design in NYC.