about

I believe that creativity is essential to human flourishing. My passion for design requires engagement of my heart, soul, mind, and strength, all aspects of what makes me human.

In my work, I identify the things that I find to be moving and beautiful through emotional response to the natural and created world.

The purpose of my work is to capture and reflect this spiritual response in a material medium, to share the same wonder and reverence with the audience of my work. I examine human creativity and engage in what I believe it to be at its core:

loving others through the expression of thoughts, emotions, and beauty to the highest degree of my ability.

Jonathan Kannapell is a senior in Industrial Design concentrating in Furniture Design, Bachelor of Science, at Appalachian State University. Jonathan took first place in the DAVIS Furniture sponsored studio at ASU, honorable mention at IWF Design Emphasis commercial furniture category, and was awarded a grant from the American Home Furnishings Foundation. In 2023 he studied design abroad in Belgium where he sharpened his skills in digital design tools and physical prototyping.