Alex Hines Fischer on Human Context in Furniture Design
For Alex Hines Fischer, dedication is at the center of design. As an Industrial Designer for Yabu Pushelberg’s studio in New York City, he has free... more
Chris Chien on Theme Park Design and Getting a Job in the Art Industry
Chris Chien (ID ’10), a concept illustrator who works at Rhetroactive, a global leader in theme parks, museums, retail, food & beverage,... more
Man of the Cloth
“Just as a side note,” Joseph Genuardi says midway through his interview with the School of Design past Sunday, “there is an element to custom... more
Redesigning the Bra
Designers solve problems. So when Laura West (ID ‘13) and Sophia Berman (ID ‘07) started working together, they decided to solve one of the world’s... morePages
News Briefs
Chris Gilbert ’86 is now an Industrial Design Team Leader with Garmin in Kansas City.
Fred Bould's (ID '87) company, Bould Design, performed extremely well at the 2018 Red Dot Product Design Awards. Bould Design was been recognized with eight awards for designs including the Light L16 computational camera, Eero Home WiFi System, Rylo 360 camera, Roku Ultra, Roku Express+, and Roku Streaming Stick+ streaming devices, Hunter Douglas PowerView Hub Kit, and Poynt 5 payment terminal.
Kelly Caranchini Gross (ID 2002) recently completed her PhD in Art and Design Education with a focus on students with disabilities and is now serving as faculty chair of Graduate Studies of Art and Design Education at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Design alumni have been very generous in arranging for their companies to host alumni gatherings. We’re grateful for their generosity in hosting and providing comfortable spaces to mix and mingle, and letting us provide an update on the School of Design. Over the past year, we’ve held gatherings at:
Silicon Valley, Bould Design, March 2017:
Fred Bould & Sushma Patel (BFA ’87 & ’88), hosts
New York City, Work&Co, May 2017:
Steve Kuhn & Aliya Baptista (MDes ’97 & ‘11), hosts
Boston, Isobar, June 2017:
Christa Houlahan (MDes ’99), host
Seattle, Amazon, August 2017
Ko Nakatsu & Agata Adamowicz (BFA ’04 & ’05), hosts