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Josh Owen Program Chair, Associate Professor / Design

Degrees

BFA, BA, Cornell University
MFA, The Rhode Island School of Design

Biography

Josh Owen joined the faculty of industrial design in the Fall of 2010. He comes to RIT having previously taught for a decade at Philadelphia University where he held the position of Associate Professor and the title Craig R. Benson Chair for Innovation. He also held the position of Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design where he developed programming that served the design, engineering and business schools under the umbrella of Integrated Product Design. Owen is also the president of Josh Owen LLC. His professional projects are produced by major manufacturers and have won many awards. Owen’s 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 Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, the Chicago Athenaeum and the Museum of American Jewish History. His students' works have won awards, been exhibited and featured in international publications and critical venues and have been put into mass production prior to graduation. Owen's professional work has been featured in major exhibitions, numerous books on design and is regularly included in critical design discourse. Besides teaching in the industrial design department, Owen is actively involved in supporting the mission of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies.

Programs

Josh's Work
Examples of Students' Work

- Wall Mirrors for Kontextur
- By: Josh Owen
- Hanging Line for Kontextur
- By: Josh Owen
- Prototypes for GlassLab
- By: Josh Owen
- WC Line for Kontextur
- By: Josh Owen
- Report Cover for Paris
- By: Josh Owen
- Menorah for Areaware
- By: Josh Owen
- Tone Knob Lamp for Umbra
- By: Josh Owen
- SOS Stool for Casamania
- By: Josh Owen
- Cube Jigger for Kikkerland
- By: Josh Owen
- 8125 Calculator for Monroe
- By: Josh Owen
- Tissue Box Cover for Kontextur
- By: Josh Owen

- 2013 Activating the Archive
- By: Graduate Industrial design students
- Industrial Design
- 2013 Glass Lab Award
- By: Josh Owen
- Industrial Design
- 2012 Design Autopsy: Alumni Work From Industrial ...
- By: David Strauss, Casey Kelly, Rita Yu
- Industrial Design
- 2012 Metaproject 02, Corning
- By: Senior Industrial Design Students and Glass Students
- Industrial Design
- 2012 Wanted Design New York City Exhibit
- By: Senior Industrial Design Students and Glass Students
- Industrial Design
- 2012 Metaproject 02, Book
- By: Josh Owen
- Industrial Design
- 2012 Activating the Archive in the Vignelli ...
- By: Graduate Industrial design students
- Industrial Design
- 2012 Imagine RIT Exhibit
- By: Graduate Industrial design students
- Vignelli Center for Design Studies
- 2012 Activating the Archive Website
- By: Miguel Cardona, David Strauss
- Industrial Design
- 2012 DIS Exhibition, University Gallery
- By: Graduate and Senior Industrial Design Students and School for American Crafts Student
- Industrial Design
- 2012 Lighting Design, Cure Restaurant
- By: Senior Industrial Design Students
- Industrial Design
- 2012 Graphic design + Biomimicry, Integrating nature ...
- By: Margaret Mckosky
- Graphic Design
- 2012 Metaproject 02, Website
- By: Andy Mikulski, Joey Bright, Kristin McGeorge, David Strauss
- Industrial Design
- 2011 Metaproject 01, Wilsonart
- By: Senior Industrial Design Students
- Industrial Design
- 2011 International Contemporary Furniture Fair Exhibit
- By: Senior Industrial Design Students
- Industrial Design
- 2011 Metaproject 01 Book
- By: Josh Owen
- Industrial Design
- 2011 Transdisciplinary Project with Fabrica, Phase 01
- By: Graduate and Senior Industrial Design Students, Senior Graphic Design Students
- Vignelli Center for Design Studies
- 2011 Transdisciplinary Project with Fabrica, Phase 02
- By: Graduate and Senior Industrial Design Students, Senior Graphic Design Students
- Vignelli Center for Design Studies
- 2011 Imagine RIT Exhibit
- By: Graduate and Senior Industrial Design Students, Senior Graphic Design Students
- Vignelli Center for Design Studies
- 2011 The Influence of Color On Purchasing ...
- By: Kate Goguen
- Graphic Design
- 2011 Vignelli Design Award [concept]
- By: Senior Industrial Design Student
- Industrial Design

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