Turn yourself inside-out Portable Talks series An exclusive series of talks with Brooks Atwood Portable (@Portable) This June Portable Studios brings leading American design practitioner Brooks Atwood to Australia, so if you happen to live in the Land Down Under, you’re in luck. Brooks advocates designing from a place of risk – staring failure square [...]
where design meets design WantedDesign, An International Design Event Presented during NYCxDesign WantedDesign (@WantedDesign) a Karim Rashid sandwich at WantedDesign We killed it at New York Design week’s WantedDesign event. Karim Rashid stopped by to say “it’s f*@$ing brilliant” and that he loved it! Thanks Karim! Antoine Roset, Patrizia Moroso, Bradford Shellhammer, Jamie Gray & Established & Sons stopped by [...]
a platform for emerging design practitioners Emerging US Design Practices Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), NYC Museum of Arts & Design (@MADMuseum) Brooks will speaking at the Museum of Arts & Design’s event “Emerging US Design Practices”. Creating a platform for emerging design practitioners to have the public see and respond to their work, [...]
designer collaborations, for good Men In Cities, lifestyle accessories brand NYC Men In Cities (@MenInCities) We are the featured designer for January 2013. Happy new year! Proceeds from this event goes to our charity of choice. Brooks is thrilled to team up with The American Red Cross for this exciting month long event. Men In [...]
Have a plate of creativity with your coffee Creative Mornings, a global lecture series NYC Creative Mornings NYC (@NewYork_CM) Brooks will be speaking about creativity, innovation and how to be a rock star. Here are a few of the many Brooks-isms from his talk: Never turn down an opportunity for a great story. Break all [...]
The International Housewares Association presents “The International Home + Housewares Show” The 2013 International Home + Housewares Show & Innovation Theater International Home + Housewares Show 2013 (#IHHS2013) Brooks will be speaking at the Innovation Theater about “The New American Craft: the new landscape for manufacturing”. The Innovation Theater offers presentations that address topics in [...]
The AIA/NJ Fall Symposium presents “Distributed Intelligence” The 2013 AIA NJ Fall Symposium “Distributed Intelligence” AIA NJ Fall Symposium 2013 (#AIANJIT2013) Brooks will be presenting work about innovation, failure and multidisciplinary design. This symposium will bring together architects, designers and educators to examine the ongoing technological transformation of the design disciplines. Considering what forms of [...]
The AIAS at NJIT presents “Revitalizing Cities” The AIAS 2012 Northeast Fall Quad Conference New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Architecture & Design The AIAS 2012 Northeast Fall Quad Conference (#nequad2012) Brooks will be lecturing and presenting new work on Friday October 18th 10:30! Other firms presenting include: Grimshaw, Rogers Marvel, Peter Gluck, WXY, C+C Architecture, POD Design The American Institute [...]
The Cooper-Hewitt presents “The Teen Design Fair” Teen Design Fair Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Teen Design Fair (#TeenDesign) Brooks will be participating as Assistant Professor at NJIT’s College of Architecture & Design in this years Teen Design Fair! An annual event held in New York City and Washington, D.C., the Teen Design Fair is a [...]
The Industrial Designers Society of America presents “The Future Is…” The Future Is… An International Conference & Education Symposium Eastman/IDSA Education Symposium Brooks will be presenting his latest paper about design education called “Think Pieces (or WWLGD?)”. Think Pieces will explore the relationship between big ideas in education and how the process of design can [...]




