STUDIO

I am an industrial designer. I also build everything I draw.

That distinction shapes everything Crow & Timber makes. Every piece starts from function and proportion, not from what is easiest to build. Shop drawings are done by the person who understands why the dimensions are what they are. And every project, from the first sketch to the final delivery, runs through one set of hands.



I am Jonas Christian. I run Crow & Timber out of Nevada, Iowa. I work with interior designers, architects, and direct residential clients across Iowa and the Midwest.



Jonas Christian, founder of Crow and Timber, at the drawing bench in his Nevada, Iowa furniture studio

BACKGROUND

I earned a BA in Industrial Design from Iowa State University, coming up through design school and the shop at the same time. For me they have always worked hand in hand. The training taught me to start with the problem the piece is solving, the proportions of the room it lives in, and the way a person will actually use it. The shop taught me what those decisions cost in time, material, and structure.


Most furniture studios are run by craftsmen who picked up design along the way, or by designers who hand drawings to a separate shop. Crow & Timber is neither. It is one person who learned both disciplines as one discipline.


In practice, that means I can sit across from a designer and hold the fixed and the freestanding elements of a room in mind at the same time. It means proportions get worked out at the sketch stage, not after the wood is cut. And it means there is no handoff between the person who designed your piece and the person who built it.


These pieces end up in rooms people actually live in. They get used. That matters to me from the first sketch.


SCOPE

I design and build hardwood furniture for residential and trade clients. The conversation, the drawings, the fabrication, and the installation are all done by me. The constraint is intentional. It keeps the work tight, the timeline honest, and the quality where it needs to be.


The studio is based in Nevada, Iowa, thirty minutes northeast of Des Moines, and serves clients across the Midwest. If the project is right, geography is a conversation, not a barrier.