madman Studio
Common materials. Uncommon furniture.
Madman Studio designs and fabricates limited-edition furniture collections that merge architecture, sculpture, and traditional craftsmanship. Built in Pittsburgh, each piece balances structural honesty, refined utility, and enduring material expression.
Collection 1
Five objects. One material language.
The first collection from Madman Studio is a study in structural honesty and material restraint. Five original designs, each released in an edition of twenty-five, translate architectural thinking into functional objects crafted for everyday use. Together they establish the foundation of the studio's evolving design language—one rooted in permanence, precision, and purposeful making.
Process
Architecture is built from ordinary materials. Furniture rarely is. Madman Studio exists somewhere between those two worlds.
Every Madman Studio piece begins with a question rather than a drawing. There is no predetermined aesthetic or formula. Each object develops its own narrative through experimentation with material, proportion, and structure. The resulting collection is unified not by a repeated style, but by a common language: architectural lumber, expressive geometry, and honest construction.
Madman Studio exists where architecture, sculpture, and craftsmanship intersect.
Maddi Johnson is an architectural designer, furniture designer, and maker based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her work is driven by a belief that architecture and furniture are inseparable disciplines—both concerned with material, structure, proportion, and the way people experience the built environment. Through Madman Studio, she continues to develop an evolving body of work that challenges conventional materials and forms while remaining grounded in craftsmanship, curiosity, and thoughtful making.