Background
Wooding, Peter Holden was born on November 15, 1940 in New York City.
Interior and industrial designer
Wooding, Peter Holden was born on November 15, 1940 in New York City.
Bachelor of Science in Design, University of Michigan, 1963; student, Art Center College, Los Angeles, 1962.
Designer, Herman Miller Company, Ann Arbor, 1962-1963;
account designer, General Electric Company, Louisville, 1963-1971;
design director, Research and Design Institute, Providence, 1971-1976;
principal, Research and Design Institute, Providence, 1976-1978;
owner, director, Peter Wooding Design Associations, Providence, since 1978. Lecturer, critic RISD, since 1976, Taipei Institute Technology. Member juries for international design competitions, 1985-1992.
Head United States delegate International Design Congress, Amsterdam, 1987, Nagoya, Japan, 1989, United States delegate to Hungary United States Information Agency, United States delegate Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics/United States of America Designers Esch., delegate to Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1991.
Board of directors Leuthi-Peterson Camps for International Understanding, Switzerland, 1978-1979. President Worldesign Foundation, 1989-1990. Fellow Industrial Designers Society American (president 1987-1988, executive vice president 1985-1986, chairman 1988-1990).
Member Human Factors Society, American Society Interior Designers (interior design project award 1991, 1st place national competition award1991).
Son of Edmund von Richen and Barbara (Holden) W. Married Joanna Stypula. 1 child, Robert.