Stephen Burks

Stephen Burks Man Made

Stephen Burks is one of the most recognized American industrial designers of his generation. He and his studio Stephen Burks Man Made have been commissioned by many of the world’s leading design-driven brands to develop collections that engage hand production as a strategy for innovation including BD Barcelona, Dedon, Luceplan, Missoni, & Roche Bobois. His work has been exhibited internationally and he is the only African-American to win the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Product Design. He is currently adjunct assistant professor of architecture at Columbia University’s GSAPP and co-host of the Friedman Benda gallery conversation series Design In Dialogue.