We are Synecdoche, an interdisciplinary design studio. As architects, designers, and makers, we utilize material details and consider constraints tactically to boldly approach projects with purpose. We’re woman-owned and support a diverse team of makers and suppliers in Detroit, MI.

Our product line is small and influenced by custom pieces we’ve created for architecture and interiors projects we’ve designed. The intention is for every product to feel as custom as the environment in which it sits, while being streamlined for durable and efficient use.

This shop is a part of our whole studio. It’s actually a synecdoche. What is a synecdoche? It’s a literary trope in which a part is meant to represent the whole or vice versa. We love the idea of a material or object representing a larger idea; that’s what design does.

Visit our studio site to see and work with us at other scales.