Education
Master’s of Industrial Design, 2013
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Thesis title: “The Cook’s Dance: The Choreography of the Domestic Kitchen”
Advisor: Ignacio Urbina-Polo

Bachelor of Arts, 2007
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Major: Geography & Studio Art
Minor: French Language

Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, September 2024 - Present
Product Design and Sports Product Design, University of Oregon, Portland, OR

Senior Instructor, 2016 - 2024
Interior Architecture & Product Design departments, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Lead Designer and Instructor, 2016
Maker’s Journey Workshop, Woodstock ,NY

Lead Designer and Instructor, 2014 & 2015
Beaver Brook School, Barryville, NY

Work Experience
Design Director, 2014-2015
Best Made Company, New York, NY

Co-Founder and Design Director, 2009-2014
Archival Clothing, Eugene, OR

Apprentice, 2007-2008
Dartmouth College Student Woodshop, Hanover, NH

Apprentice, 2007
Jay White Cloud Timber Framing, Thetford Hill, VT

Residencies & Awards
- Won Global Education Oregon Research Grant, went to Japan to scout potential study abroad, 2019
- Won Faculty Research Award at UO’s Schnitzer Museum to support teaching with collections, 2019
- Received University of Oregon Innovative Class award for Feast classes, 2018
- Participated in Furnishing Utopia, a project headed by Studio Gorm. Hancock, MA, 2016-2017
- Received inaugural Rabbit Island Design Residency, with Anthony Zollo. Rabbit Bay, MI, 2016
- Received EU grant to attend Kolding Design University Conference. Kolding, Denmark, 2012
- Received Dartmouth College’s Brooks Traveling Fellowship for study of foreign architecture. Europe, 2008

Group Shows
- Maker’s Table, Nationale Gallery, Portland, OR 2023. With Karen Lee.
- Furnishing Utopia 3, New York City, 2018. Sponsored by DWR and Norwegian Consulate.
- Furnishing Utopia 2, New York and Stockholm, 2017. Sponsored by DWR and Norwegian Consulate.
- Furnishing Utopia 1 at Sight Unseen Offsite, New York City, 2016.

Technical Skills
• Highly experienced with wide range of woodworking hand tools and appropriate safety measures
• Highly experienced with all standard woodworking power tools and appropriate safety measures
• Highly experienced in furniture design, wood selection, and safe, thoughtful construction techniques
• Highly experienced in timber frame structure planning, layout, cutting, and erection
• Highly experienced with industrial soft good production processes and tech pack creation
• Highly experienced in technical drawings for a wide range of manufacturing techniques
• Experienced with safe methods of chainsaw and crosscut saw tree felling and bucking techniques
• Experienced with Adobe Creative Suite
• Experienced in operation of laser cutters and CNC routers
• Experienced with academic research methods, including intensive library and journal use
• Well-connected with a diverse, worldwide network of practicing designers, artists and craftspeople

Languages
• Fluent in English
• Strong proficiency in French

Press
Dezeen: "Shaker-style Tools for Household Chores..." October 2018
NY Magazine: "The Best Artisan-Made Brooms," September 2018
Oregon Quarterly: "Souvenir Settings," March 2017
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine: "Better Living Through Design," May 2016
Design Milk: "Furnishing Utopia...." July 2016
Dezeen: "Designers Reinterpret Shaker Artifacts..." May 2016
Fast Company: "A 300-year old Religious Sect...." May 2016
Core77: "Behind ‘Furnishing Utopia,’" May 2016
New York Times: “The Cabin Porn Commune,” September 2015
Vogue Online: “Cabin Fever,” November 2014
Free & Easy Japan Magazine: “Outdoor Dad Style,” October 2014
Condé Nast Traveler: “Camping Essentials,” May 2014
ERR (Estonian National News): “Foreigners Learn To Build A Smoke Sauna,” April 2014
Eugene Register-Guard: “Business Success Is In The Bag,” November 2011
New York Times T Magazine: “Revving Up,” September 2011