Jonathan Adler
Jonathan Adler Bio
Jonathan Adler was born and raised in New Jersey. His entrée into the potting world began at summer camp in 1978. After studying semiotics and art history at Brown and a brief career as a talent agent in the early 90’s, Jonathan took to his true love of making pots fulltime.
In 1994, after accepting his first order from Barneys, New York, Jonathan’s career as a potter soared.
In the twelve years that followed, Jonathan has been celebrated for the mod shapes, vibrant colors and organic eye-popping patterns that are the signature of his work today.
His business encompasses 7 retail outlets in Soho & the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Los Angeles, East Hampton, Miami, San Francisco, and Chicago; a thriving interior design business, responsible for the re-design of the Parker Palm Springs hotel in modernist style with a comfy residential feel; a burgeoning licensing business under the brand name Jonathan Adler Happy Home - expanding into bedding, bath accessories, stationary, dinnerware and table linens at accessible prices; and he continues to sell his wares to high-end boutiques around the world.
Jonathan’s “happy, handcrafted, and luxe” designs for the home have become a part of American pop-culture, appearing on the sets of the Today Show, Sex and the City, Will & Grace, and The Apprentice. In November 2005, Jonathan launched his first book, My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living, which combines his wittiness and enthusiasm for creating happy homes everywhere with serious design.
“With his snappy one-liners and irresistibly stylish objects the terminally witty ceramicist du jour Jonathan Adler has almost single-handedly transformed the image of the humble potter.”
-Hamish Bowles, European Editor at Large, Vogue
“Jonathan Adler does for American pottery what Noel Coward did for cocktail parties - he makes life witty, sophisticated and simply delicious.”
-Bill Sofield, Interior Designer
“[Jonathan Adler] complements his pottery with furniture, textiles, and other domestic items that evoke a unifying ideology. Like Russell Wright, [Jonathan] has brought an entrepreneurial spirit and multimedia approach to design.”
-Donna Corbin, Curator of European Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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