About
Christian Borger’s work is rooted in rigorous investigations of material relationships and construction logic, engaging principles of lightness, structural tension, and modularity through physical prototyping and iterative making. His studio practice, ULTRA-LIGHT RESEARCH, is based in Brooklyn, NY.
Contact
For all inquiries please email: cb@christian-borger.com
Instagram: @see_borg
Exhibitions
2026: Rarify / Christian Borger for Rarify: MLS-01 / Afternoon Light / WSA / New York, NY
2026: American Design Club / One Night Stand / CitizenM Bowery / New York, NY
2025: Talk Space curated by Rarify / Collectible NYC / WSA / New York, NY
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
2026: Dwell / Glass-Like Dimmer Knobs I Had to Touch and More Engaging Objects at the Afternoon Light Design Fair
2026: Archipanic / Light Fantastic: Twelve eccentric lighting designs shine in NYC
2026: Wallpaper / Our favourite things presented at Afternoon Light this year
2026: Curbed / 14 Standout Lamps From New York’s Design Week
2026: Dezeen / Eleven design collections launching at NYCxDesign 2026
2026: NYCxDESIGN Grid Guide / New Voices New York
2025: Hypebeast / NUTS + BOLTS Is The Group Exhbition Democratizing DIY Design
2025: Wabisabi / Issue 23 / Order and Freedom, a Relentless Instinct
2025: “On Lightness” Podcast /Ep 4. The Industrial Designer: Christian Borger
2025: Dezeen / Paved States brings "spirit of experimental design" to NeoCon
2025: Sight Unseen / 13 Group Shows 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