artifactual is a product design studio focused on micro-manufacturing.

We concept, design, and build small-batch tools and objects — artifacts that we want to use and carry with us, but that don't exist yet.

A smiling person wearing a hooded jacket and backpack outdoors in a mountainous landscape with snow-capped peaks in the background, captured in black and white.

  • Founder + Lead Designer

    I’m a product design engineer, backpacker, and photographer with a passion for building, breaking, and collecting artifacts of all shapes, colors, and functions.

    I have over a decade of experience in product development, having helped launch all sorts of things into the world—from iphone cases to baby car seats to camera tripods to pocket knives.

    Check out some of my work at jpkiernanlewis.com