About
Christian Borger [b.1992, Sleepy Hollow, NY] rigorously investigates relationships between material, methods of craft, and manufacturing processes through a hands-on approach. His work is the distilled product of methodology and material research. He graduated from Boston Architectural College in 2018, where he received the Undergraduate Degree Project Prize.
Borger is also the founder of Ultra-Light Studio, an “industrial object company” that explores the inherent beauty found within materials and methods of industrial manufacturing in the context of everyday tools and objects, bringing into question notions of functional beauty and domestic necessity.
His studio practice is based in Brooklyn, NY.
Exhibitions
2025: NUTS + BOLTS / Available Items / Tivoli, NY
2025: Exquisite Corpse / Fredericks and Mae / New York, NY
2025: Sixtysix Magazine / Paved States / Neocon / Chicago, IL
2025: Boston Society for Architecture / In Common: Sites of Encounter / BSA Space / Boston, MA
2025: American Design Club / Table Manners / Shelter / New York, NY
2025: Jonald Dudd / Grateful Dudd 2025 / Shelter / New York, NY
2023: Earthen Fragments / part/WHOLE / Everett, MA
2023: JJJJound / The Gallery / 909 / Los Angeles, CA
2023: “ULTRA-LIGHT” / part/WHOLE / Everett, MA
Press
2025: Dezeen / Paved States brings "spirit of experimental design" to NeoCon
2025: Sight Unseen / 20 Designers Whose Launches We Loved at New York Design Week 2025
2025: Dezeen / Fourteen of the best furniture designs from NYCxDesign
2025: Dezeen / Henry Julier creates woven tops for USM collection at Shelter fair
2023: THISISPAPER / Ultra-light™ by Christian Borger
2022: StirPad / Christian Borger’s ‘Ultra-light’™ uses repetition as a structural language
2022: Ark Journal / Vol. VIII
Teaching
Boston Architectural College
2024: ARC1012: Degree Project
2022-24: XDS1000/DME2100: Interdisciplinary Studio/Workshop "Off the Shelf, On the Page"
2023: FND3033: Visual Thinking
2021: DME2001-B: Observation & Imagination Drawing
2018-2022: Summer Academy: Visiting Designer/Artist
Lectures
2025: “Ultra-light”: Processes and Prototypes / Fontainebleau Association / New York, NY
2024: “Ultra-light”: Processes and Prototypes / Northeastern University / Boston, MA
2024: “Ultra-light”: Processes and Prototypes / University At Buffalo / Remote
2023: “Ultra-light”: Processes and Prototypes / BSA Maketank / Boston, MA