About Urbanovo

Jonathan is a graduate of UC Berkeley for his BA and the Southern California Institute of Architecture for his Masters.  For 18 years he designed stores for many of the world’s leading fashion brands, designing flagship stores from London to Paris to NYC to the Arab Emirates.  In 2000 he became the Executive Vice President of Design for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, designing hotels for W, St. Regis, Luxury Collection, Sheraton, and Westin brands.  In 2003 Jonathan founded Jonathan Browning Studios, which designs and manufactures the highest quality fixtures for the interior design and architecture community. Using bronze, brass, porcelain, lead crystal, and blown glass JBS creates collections that are beloved from Europe to Canada to the U.S., to New Zealand and Australia.  In addition to creating chandeliers, sconces, and assorted other fixtures, Urbanovo also creates furniture, drapery hardware, faucets for water delivery, and door hardware.

Kyle received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin focusing in glassblowing and ceramics. After working in glass for a number of years, he went on to earn an Industrial Design degree from the Academy of Art in San Francisco focusing on Product Design. He is experienced in sketching, 3D modeling, machining, woodworking, casting, glassblowing, and ceramics, which were all part of his training throughout his two degrees. Since 2012 Kyle has been working with Jonathan Browning Studios and Urbanovo designing and 3D modeling products for JBS and a number of other high end companies. He is also the COO of Jonathan Browning Studios. In 2019 he opened his own production glass and ceramics studio in San Francisco.

Dhurba is from Nepal. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from San Francisco State University. He is working on completing his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering concentration in design and product development from San Jose State University, right near Silicon Valley. He has experience in CAD modeling, machining, product development, analysis, and fabrication processes. He joined the team in 2018 and is the lead engineer of Jonathan Browning Studios and Urbanovo.