Piet Hein Eek: Klee is partial to the rough, textural pieces by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek, a longtime favorite of her boss and mentor, Li Edelkoort, as well. (The chair on the right was photographed in Klee’s own Paris flat.) “For me, his designs are incredibly modern interpretations of traditional values, forms, and folkloristic life,” she says — all themes that inform her own work. “I love that he can achieve such great design with such simple materials and forms.”