Faculty

Brian Anderson

 

Brian Anderson
Associate Professor, Industrial Design
​Director, MDes Industrial Design
banderson@uic.edu

MFA Designed Objects, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
MFA Writing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education
BS Chemistry, University of California San Diego

Brian Anderson is an industrial designer with interests in ethical innovation and advanced fabrication. His practice studioba centers on the craft of design, combining advanced and traditional fabrication techniques to explore and develop new material-based knowledge, and aesthetics of sustainability.

Brian’s work has been exhibited at WantedDesign, the Dezeen Virtual Design Festival, Dutch Design Week, and the International Kogei Award in Toyama, Japan; it has also been shortlisted for the Lexus Design Award twice.