Education
He graduated from Cornell University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture and a Bachelor of Arts in visual studies.
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He graduated from Cornell University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture and a Bachelor of Arts in visual studies.
In 1997 he received an Master of Fine Arts in furniture design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Owen is currently a Professor and the Chair of the Industrial Design program at The Rochester Institute of Technology where he actively supports the mission of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies. He previously taught at Philadelphia University where he held The Craig R. Benson Chair for Innovation.
He also taught a product design course at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.
Owen is the author of the book His work is included in the permanent design collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Denver Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Chicago Athenaeum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of American Jewish History and the Taiwan Design Museum. His work has been featured in major exhibitions, numerous books on design, and is regularly included in critical design discourse.
He is the founder of Josh Owen Limited Liability Company. His professional projects are produced by major international manufacturers including Areaware, Casamania, Kontextur, Kikkerland, Loll Designs and Umbra. He has been the winner of six Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Awards, the International Design Award, and has received honorable mentions for the Idaho Annual Design Review and the Red Dot Design Award.
