Josh Owen, designer, gave a lecture to Fabrica residents on Monday July 11th 2011.

The title of the lecture was "Lenses for Design", and Josh Owen offered insights into his research and philosophy as applied to his work in both the professional and educational sectors.

 

Josh Owen is the newest member of the full time faculty in industrial design at The Rochester Institute of Technology. He comes to RIT having previously taught for ten years at Philadelphia University where he held the position of Associate Professor and the title Craig R. Benson Chair for Innovation. He also held the position of Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design where he developed programming that served the design, engineering and business schools under the umbrella of Integrated Product Design. Owen is also the president of Josh Owen LLC. His professional projects are produced by major manufacturers and have won many awards. Owen’s work is included in the permanent design collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Denver Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, the Chicago Athenaeum and the Museum of American Jewish History. His work has been featured in major exhibitions, numerous books on design and is regularly included in critical design discourse. Besides teaching in the industrial design department at RIT, Owen is actively involved in supporting the mission of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies. 

 

For more information, visit joshowen.com and industrialdesign.cias.rit.edu