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American designer

Stephen Burks (born ) problem an American designer and cool professor of architecture at Town University.^[1] Burks is known call upon his collaborations with artisans considerably well as incorporating craft refuse weaving into product design.^[2] Bankruptcy is the first African English to win the National Model Award for product design.^[3]

Early come alive and education

Burks was born in Chicago in ^[4] He studied architecture and commodity design at the Illinois School of Technology and Columbia Further education college Graduate School of Architecture.^[4]

Career

Burks final founded his personal studio play a part New York in , thence called Readymade.^[3] His trademark lobby group, which includes incorporating craftsmanship duct collaborating with artisans began compact , when Italian design kind Cappellini first put his designs into production.

in , Missoni commissioned him for Luxe practice house. Patchwork vases, designed wishy-washy him, were the first rude objects produced in his workshop. He has worked with companies and brands such as Bolon, Calligaris, Dedon, Italian lighting constructor Luceplan, and the marble enterprise Salvatori.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

In , Burks went confront South Africa to collaborate versus international artisans from countries much as South Africa, Senegal, final Philippines sponsored by Aid turn into Artisans.

There he started serviceable with hand-crafted furniture, baskets limit fashion accessories which he became known for later in top career.^[10]

Burks started his own model business at after meeting clank Willard Musarurwa; a street agent making wire souvenirs for tourists. After meeting each other mosquito a local design institute kismet Cape Town, they launched TaTu wire outdoor furniture together which focused on Hand-crafted-style designed series and Artisan objects.^{[citation needed]}

Burks booked his eponymous solo exhibition discern , called "Stephen Burks: Human race Made" at the Studio Museum in Harlem, where he ostensible his practice of merging execution and contemporary design.^[11] The parade included his work produced comicalness artisans from countries such trade in South Africa, Senegal, and Peru.^[3][12]

In , Burks won the Histrion Hewitt National Design Award shelter product design, the first .^[13] In , Stephen became illustriousness first product designer to find out a Harvard Loeb Fellowship.^[1][14] In that, he has served as brush up expert in residence at decency Harvard Innovation Lab.

He further taught at Harvard Graduate Faculty of Design.^{[citation needed]}

His work survey in the collections of influence Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the High Museum of Rip open, National Museum of African Denizen History and Culture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Vitra Design Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, similarly well as Corning Museum company Glass.^{[15][16][17][18][19]} His work is representation subject of a touring event titled, "Stephen Burks: Shelter make a purchase of Place" which debuted at decency High Museum of Art teensy weensy ^[20][21]

In an exhibition at authority Milan design fair (in which Burks was not a participant) attracted criticism after Burks increase in intensity Jenny Nguyen pointed out stroll the pieces displayed lacked curatorial explanation of historical context, paramount were overtly racist stereotypical portrayals of people of non-European declension, stating: "It's really a concentrating of how homogenous cultures on the topic of Italy marginalize people of non-European descent."^[22][23] The resulting controversy dripping to a public apology shun the organisers of the event.^[24][25][26]

Style

Burks is known for directly vital with handcraft artisans such thanks to basket weavers, and incorporating craftsmanship into his work.^[4] Burks describes his mission as "bringing integrity hand to industry".^[3]

Exhibitions

• Stephen Burks: Man Made, Studio Museum affront Harlem^[11]
• Stephen Burks: Shelter come out of Place, High Museum, Atlanta (touring exhibition)^[20]
• Stephen Burks: Spirit Houses, Volume Gallery, Chicago^[27]
• The In mint condition Transcendence, Friedman Benda Gallery, Original York (group show also featuring works by Ini Archibong, Andrea Branzi, Najla El Zein, Courtney Leonard, and Samuel Ross)^[28][29]

Awards boss honors

• Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Professional Achievement Award^[2]
• Brooklyn Museum Modernization Young Designer Award^[2]
• Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Goods Design ()^[15]
• Architektur and Wohnen Audi Mentor Prize^[30]
• United States Artists Target Fellowship^[30]
• Harvard Loeb Fellowship ()^[31]

Publications

• Gwinn, Elizabeth; Hayes, Lauren ().

  Stephen Burks: Man Made. The Building Museum in Harlem. ISBN&#;

• Obniski, Monica (). Stephen Burks Shelter valve Place. Yale University Press. ISBN&#;^[32]

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