Faculty

Kyle Swen

 

Kyle Swen
Adjunct Associate Professor, Industrial Design

BS Industrial Design, San Jose State University

Kyle Swen is an entrepreneur who believes that design can change any business, big or small. Currently the Chief Design Officer of MATRIX4, Kyle formerly served as a founding partner and Vice President of Design for Astro Studios, San Francisco, where he also worked for Lunar and Tandem Computers (now HP).

Over the past two decades, Kyle has collaborated with clients such as Nike, Electric, Herman Miller, Shinola, SOL republic, KIA, Callaway Golf, Microsoft, HP, Nixon, and Halyard Health. His product design work has been recognized by IDSA and published in ID magazine. He received the Catalyst Award for Business Impact and was twice awarded a Business Week/IDSA Design of the Decade Award.