LKD Projects & Updates

LKD Cardboard Furniture

LKD Cardboard Furniture

I'm interested in working with unexpected materials - and particularly recycled/found materials.  In 2006, I designed the Conversation Table which was featured in several magazines, blogs, and exhibitions.  The iconic “speech bubble” shape combined with the material choice makes this a unique table a great conversation piece.

Bathroom Functional Art

Bathroom Functional Art

What a time to be alive!  Even important people use their phones on the toilet.  This original functional art by Leo Kempf adds a playful symbol of our time above the "user".  Extra toilet paper rolls are only an arms reach away.

Grandpa Mayhem @ The 24 Hours of LeMons

Grandpa Mayhem @ The 24 Hours of LeMons

After watching David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan take the Rotsun to the 24 Hours of LeMons on a 2015 Roadkill episode , I hatched a plan with 3 friends to build a car and compete, Rot Rocket Racing team was born.

The 24 Hours of LeMons is a budget racing series for cars under $500. You build your car to race safety standards and apply a theme. We decided to spoof Roadkill's 1968 Dodge Challenger "The General Mayhem".

We were...


Don't Drive Like my Brother

Don't Drive Like my Brother

Don't Drive Like My Brother Logo

As a longtime Cartalk listener and father - I made some shirts for my boys featuring the famous sign-off from the show - "Don't drive like my brother".


LKD Valley Shelf

LKD Valley Shelf

A corrugate floating wall shelf with hardboard layer designed with a little valley to hold books at a 45 degree angle.