Gary Lee believes furniture and interiors speak the same language: clarity of vision in one always illuminates the other.

Gary Lee is the president and founder of Gary Lee Partners, with offices in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. He also runs Atelier Gary Lee, a Chicago showroom, and Chai Ming Studios, a furniture company he founded.

Lee graduated from the University of Michigan School of Architecture and Design and was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame by Interior Design magazine in 1993, one of the field’s highest honors. He was previously named Designer of the Year by Metropolitan Review (1990) and Interiors (1992). His client work includes Winston & Strawn, Boston Consulting Group, United Airlines, Samsung, the Park Hyatt, and the Ritz-Carlton Residences.

Gary Lee has designed more collections for Cumberland than any other designer in the roster, seven in total: Livy, Novo, Ovid, Pax, Sella, Cavea, and Fortis. The Cavea tables are among his most structurally inventive: arced metal ribbons connecting circular rings, with concave and convex bases designed to nest against each other.