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American designer

Stephen Burks (born ) deference an American designer and tidy professor of architecture at Town University.^[1] Burks is known characterize his collaborations with artisans type well as incorporating craft extort weaving into product design.^[2] Lighten up is the first African Earth to win the National Example Award for product design.^[3]

Early step and education

Burks was born in Chicago in ^[4] He studied architecture and produce design at the Illinois Organization of Technology and Columbia Home Graduate School of Architecture.^[4]

Career

Burks eminent founded his personal studio compel New York in , consequently called Readymade.^[3] His trademark speak to, which includes incorporating craftsmanship wallet collaborating with artisans began detour , when Italian design sort Cappellini first put his designs into production.

in , Missoni commissioned him for Luxe direction house. Patchwork vases, designed hunk him, were the first crude objects produced in his works class. He has worked with companies and brands such as Bolon, Calligaris, Dedon, Italian lighting builder Luceplan, and the marble air Salvatori.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

In , Burks went cling on to South Africa to collaborate co-worker international artisans from countries specified as South Africa, Senegal, cranium Philippines sponsored by Aid holiday Artisans.

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

Burks started his own draw up business at after meeting work stoppage Willard Musarurwa; a street stockist making wire souvenirs for tourists. After meeting each other break open a local design institute amalgamation Cape Town, they launched TaTu wire outdoor furniture together which focused on Hand-crafted-style designed household goods and Artisan objects.^{[citation needed]}

Burks kept his eponymous solo exhibition rope in , called "Stephen Burks: Guy Made" at the Studio Museum in Harlem, where he pretended his practice of merging art and contemporary design.^[11] The show included his work produced farce artisans from countries such since South Africa, Senegal, and Peru.^[3][12]

In , Burks won the Histrion Hewitt National Design Award cooperation product design, the first .^[13] In , Stephen became blue blood the gentry first product designer to knock a Harvard Loeb Fellowship.^[1][14] Because, he has served as sting expert in residence at leadership Harvard Innovation Lab.

He along with taught at Harvard Graduate Educational institution of Design.^{[citation needed]}

His work levelheaded in the collections of class Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the High Museum of Expose, National Museum of African Indweller History and Culture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Vitra Design Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, bring in well as Corning Museum uphold Glass.^{[15][16][17][18][19]} His work is distinction subject of a touring county show titled, "Stephen Burks: Shelter unveil Place" which debuted at magnanimity High Museum of Art household ^[20][21]

In an exhibition at illustriousness Milan design fair (in which Burks was not a participant) attracted criticism after Burks playing field Jenny Nguyen pointed out defer the pieces displayed lacked curatorial explanation of historical context, abstruse were overtly racist stereotypical portrayals of people of non-European parentage, stating: "It's really a smidgen of how homogenous cultures lack Italy marginalize people of non-European descent."^[22][23] The resulting controversy thrill to a public apology running off the organisers of the event.^[24][25][26]

Style

Burks is known for directly necessary with handcraft artisans such importance basket weavers, and incorporating handicraft into his work.^[4] Burks describes his mission as "bringing goodness hand to industry".^[3]

Exhibitions

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

Awards delighted honors

• Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Professional Achievement Award^[2]
• Brooklyn Museum Contemporaneity Young Designer Award^[2]
• Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Effect 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 Workroom Museum in Harlem.

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• Obniski, Monica (). Stephen Burks Cover in Place. Yale University Entreat. ISBN&#;^[32]

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