About
For nearly thirty years, Scott Mitchell Studio has developed a warm, approachable style to residential architecture. Now, Scott Mitchell and his husband Kelan Berwick are launching a product line that brings some of Scott’s favorite furniture pieces to life alongside new designs created to complement the studio’s architectural work.
“Not everyone has the bandwidth to build a new house with us, so this felt like a way to share some of the designs I’ve loved creating over the years. We’re excited to bring this line to life together, and we truly appreciate the support.”
— Scott
While many pieces are highly crafted and collectible, it’s also important to Scott and Kelan that the line feels accessible, with designs offered at a range of price points as the collection continues to grow.
Our Ethos
Our focus is on making fewer, better things. Objects are designed to feel grounded and resolved, with an emphasis on restraint, material honesty, and longevity. Rather than responding to trends or novelty, they are intended to sit comfortably within everyday environments and to age well over time.
Each piece is developed with an awareness of how it will live in space and how it will be used. The aim is not to make statements, but to create presence through clarity of form, proportion, and detail.
Our Process
Design is material-led, with each object developed through close consideration of how it will be made and used. Decisions are shaped by fabrication and material behavior, with constraints treated as productive forces that help resolve proportion, form, and detail.
Materials are chosen for their inherent qualities and allowed to express themselves without unnecessary embellishment. The result is work that feels calm and considered, designed to be experienced over time.
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Working closely with fabricators and artisans from early concept through fabrication, SMW refines designs through prototyping and iteration. This ensures that material, craft, and intent remain aligned as each piece develops.
Close coordination throughout the process allows ideas to be realised with consistency and care, from initial design through fabrication and delivery.
Pieces are developed and delivered through direct inquiry rather than online checkout. For general inquiries, please use our contact form. To inquire about specific pieces, simply click “Add to Inquiry” on any product. Your selected pieces will be automatically added to your Inquiry List, where you can submit your contact information for follow up.
Tear sheets are provided as reference tools. When interest moves forward, each inquiry is handled directly to discuss scope, pricing, lead times, fabrication, and delivery.
Kelan Berwick
Kelan Berwick is the co-founder of Scott Mitchell Workshop, which he runs alongside his husband, architect Scott Mitchell. His professional background spans retail finance and strategic operations within the luxury design, fashion, and media industries, where his work has consistently intersected with creative and design-driven organizations.
Kelan holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Throughout his career, he has focused on the financial, operational, and strategic sides of luxury companies, helping creative businesses translate strong design vision into sustainable commercial enterprises.
At Scott Mitchell Workshop, Kelan oversees business development, finance, partnerships, and day-to-day operations. Working closely with Scott, he helps guide the evolution of the brand as an extension of Scott Mitchell Studio’s architectural sensibility, translating that design language into a refined collection of handcrafted objects for the home. His experience in luxury markets informs the brand’s approach to positioning, growth, and collaboration while maintaining a strong emphasis on craftsmanship, materiality, and thoughtful design.
Scott Mitchell
Scott Mitchell is the Founder and Principal of Scott Mitchell Studio and co-founder of Scott Mitchell Workshop. Over more than 20 years he has developed an extensive architectural portfolio across the United States and internationally, known for a warm approach that connects the built and natural environments. Together with his husband Kelan Berwick, he founded Scott Mitchell Workshop, a product line which extends his architectural thinking into a more intimate scale through handcrafted furniture, objects, and lighting that emphasize materiality, craft, and the tactile experience of living with design.
Scott’s design philosophy is influenced equally by his early encounters with antiquity, his relationships with modernist architects Richard Meier and Charles Gwathmey, and by the work of Louis I. Kahn and Rudolph M. Schindler. These influences continue to inform both his architecture and the objects produced through Scott Mitchell Workshop.
Scott received a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University before moving to New York to work at Stephen Miller Siegel & Associates and later in Bridgehampton with Preston T. Phillips, a former protégé of architect Paul Rudolph. He was offered an internship in Norman Foster’s London office before returning to the United States to pursue graduate studies at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), after which he established Scott Mitchell Studio in 1999.
Scott is the author of the monograph Scott Mitchell Houses (Rizzoli), which includes eight of the studio’s pivotal projects with contributions by Paul Goldberger, Calvin Klein, and Michael Webb. He is a patron of Desert X and serves on the Advisory Council of The Glass House.
