MATTER - Key Persons


CHARLIE FIRESTONE

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Charlie is interested in engaging design at every level. He revels in the details and enjoys percolating design ideas down to material connections. He is committed to a responsible practice that considers the broad-reaching effects of design as it operates within social, economic, and environmental systems. He is a registered architect in New York State and holds a B.Arch. from Cornell University, and an M.S. in Architecture with a focus in Public Interest Design from Auburn University's Rural Studio.

Elisa Smilovitz


ERIN PELLEGRINO - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Principal
Erin believes design is a process of engaging with problems, opportunities, hopes and ideas. Through research and focus on methods of making in temporal and physical contexts, she works to produce inherently meaningful, generative and prospective designs - redefining the role and definition of craft in contemporary design and construction.