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01.01.2025

Josh Owen has been chosen as an expert juror for the iF Student Design Award.

10.04.2024

Josh Owen is invited to speak about his work at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Design.

09.16.2024

Josh Owen is interviewed by Nicola Munari for Design Culture.

08.01.2024

Josh Owen's Knock-off Lamp for Kikkerland was added to the permanent design collection...

07.01.2024

Josh Owen is interviewed by Lazzoni's team in Istanbul...

05.20.2024

A reception celebrating the Vignelli Legacy at Saint Peter’s Church...

05.19.2024

Long out of production, the SOS Stool has a new manufacturer...

05.16.2024

Invited exhibition: NYCxDESIGNxSOUVENIR in partnership with Cool Hunting...

06.04.2023

Josh Owen, in his role as Director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT...

05.20.2023

Josh Owen’s RIT industrial design undergraduate students’ Metaproject 13 was exhibited in Lazzoni’s...

10.14.2022

Josh Owen’s and Wendell Castle’s Bookends collaboration project is the subject of a new film titled “Bookends“...

10.01.2022

Josh Owen’s new Duets line for Nambé has been recently released. Items are available for purchase on...

07.07.2022

Josh Owen’s Cube Jigger for Kikkerland was added to the permanent design collection...

06.11.2022

Josh Owen, in his role as Director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT, hosted the first...

06.08.2022

Josh Owen, in his role of Director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT...

06.07.2022

A collaboration comprised of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies (RIT), USA...

06.02.2022

Josh Owen was invited to give a talk at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany.

05.15.2022

Josh Owen’s RIT industrial design undergraduate students’ Metaproject 12 was exhibited as...

05.14.2022

Josh Owen’s RIT industrial design undergraduate students’ Metaproject 11 was shown at the Vignelli Center’s...

04.01.2022

Josh Owen’s new multifunctional trays and catchall for AREAWARE have just been released.

03.03.2022

Josh Owen gave a lecture titled “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Metaproject 11” as part of...

11.14.2021

Josh Owen has been invited to be a juror for Central de Diseño’s 50 Talents competition.

10.06.2021

Josh Owen has been invited by AdvancedDesign to give an online talk for their SquareOne Conference.

09.10.2021

Josh Owen’s Hanging Line, WC Line, Tissue Box Cover and Mirrors for Kontextur were added to...

04.28.2021

Josh Owen’s Tone Knob Lamp for Umbra was added to the permanent design collection of the Design Museum Brussels.

04.10.2021

Josh Owen’s Salt and Pepper sets for Kikkerland have been selected for the International Dinnerware...

01.28.2021

Josh Owen and fellow RIT colleague Melissa Dawson gave a talk entitled “Activating the (Vignelli) Archive”...

1.25.2021

Yep, that’s the legendary Bootsy Collins holding Josh Owen’s Mother Tongue pedal, designed for...

01.22.2021

Josh Owen has been selected as a guest lecturer for SVA’s Products of Design Spring 21 Visiting Lecturer Series..

01.06.2021

Minimalissimo selected Josh Owen’s book Lenses for Design for their Reading Minimalism list...

11.13.2020

Josh Owen was invited to speak to Engineering, Design and Business students of the University of Pennslyvania’s..

11.13.2020

Josh Owen has just released a new guitar pedal for Adventure Audio. Called The Mother Tongue...

08.19.2020

Josh Owen was invited to be interviewed by Partners + Napier CCO Rob Kottkamp as part of their...

08.17.2020

Josh Owen has been named Director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies and the Vignelli...

07.07.2020

Josh Owen’s Magnito and Mini-Magnito sets for Kikkerland were added to the permanent collection...

07.01.2020

Josh Owen has been chosen as an expert juror for the Design Intelligence Award selection process...

05.20.2020

RIT’s College of Art and Design commissioned Josh Owen to design the very first Massimo and Lella Vignelli...

05.15.2020

Josh Owen’s RIT industrial design undergraduate students present Metaproject 10...

05.04.2020

Context, a podcast that discusses all things design, interviewed Josh Owen in their most recent episode...

04.21.2020

Josh Owen was featured in Design Milk’s “The Brave New World of Design” talk series...

03.09.2020

Josh Owen’s Match Striker for AREAWARE was featured in The New York Times. Read the article here.

01.30.2020

Originally designed as STRYK for the company OTHR, Josh Owen has reimagined his match striker in cast iron...

01.29.2020

Josh Owen has just released a new multifunction candle / votive / incense holder for AREAWARE. Read more here.

12.16.2019

Josh Owen will be signing his book Lenses for Design at RIT’s Shop One on...

12.05.2019

Intersections, RIT’s podcast series, featured a conversation between Josh Owen and R. Roger Remington...

12.01.2019

All 10 Metaproject Books are now available in a box set at RIT’s Shop One...

11.20.2019

Design podcast Scratching the Surface interviewed Josh Owen for their most recent episode. Listen here.

11.15.2019

designdaily. has selected Josh Owen as their judge for this year’s International Design Sketching Challenge...

10.15.2019

An exhibition featuring the Meta project, a class and initiative led by Josh Owen at RIT...

09.30.2019

Josh Owen’s Menorah for Areaware was added to the permanent design collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

09.16.2019

As part of AREAWARE’s designer interview series, Josh Owen sat down with R. Roger Remington...

09.13.2019

Josh Owen’s SOS Stool for Casamania was added to the permanent design collection of the Design Museum Brussels.

09.09.2019

Josh Owen’s iconic Menorah has been reissued by AREAWARE and is now available for purchase here.

07.01.2019

Josh Owen was featured in Design Museum Magazine’s Summer 2019 issue...

05.18.2019

Josh Owen’s RIT industrial design undergraduate students will present Metaproject 09 in collaboration with...

03.24.2019

Josh Owen guided RIT alumni group through Iceland DesignMarch.

03.15.2019

Josh Owen has been awarded the Distinguished Professor Designation at Rochester Institute of Technology...

01.01.2019

Josh Owen’s work for OTHR is featured in a recent book entitled Association.

11.09.2018

Josh Owen’s SOS Stool will be featured in Kanal-Centre Pompidou’s exhibition titled Red and White...

11.06.2018

Design Milk USA featured Owen’s Bookends collaboration with Wendell Castle in a recent article...

08.21.18

In addition to Owen’s Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) GlassBarge session, an exhibition will be held...

08.01.2018

Josh Owen’s contribution to the 100 x 100 Achille Castiglioni Exhibition will be traveling with the show...

07.12.2018

See Josh celebrate and discuss the iconic Wendell Castle in the video series Respect for Redshift by Autodesk.

07.10.2018

Josh Owen’s student Vincent Lin’s work from Metaproject 07 is now a commercial product...

06.05.18

Josh Owen’s Torq Nutcracker designed for OTHR has been added to the permanent design collection...

06.08.2018

During the LA Design Festival, Josh Owen was invited to participate in the Intuitive Objects...

05.04.2018

Josh Owen’s Torq Nutcracker for Othr receives honorable mention in the European Product Design Award 2018...

05.21.2018

Josh Owen will be offering a first look at his collaboration with Wendell Castle at the Steelcase...

05.21.2018

Josh Owen’s Industrial Design Graduate Students unveiled an exciting project...

05.20.2018

Josh Owen’s RIT industrial design undergraduate students will present metaproject 08...

04.25.2018

Josh Owen invited to lecture for Partners + Napier design team, Rochester, NY USA

03.24.2018

Josh Owen invited to lecture at Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou, China

03.22.2018

Josh Owen participated in the judging of the Design Intelligence Award in Hangzhough, China.

03.08.2018

Josh Owen invited to lecture about Design: The Italian connection...

02.19.2018

Josh Owen invited to contribute to 100×100-Achille-Castiglioni, an important exhibition...

02.16.2018

Josh Owen’s contribution to the exhibition is featured in the exhibition book ‘100×100 Achille...

02.15.2018

Josh Owen invited to lecture about his professional and academic work.

02.15.2018

Josh Owen’s Torq nutcracker for OTHR wins 2018 Asia Design Prize...

11.27.2017

Confluence Exhibition Catalog now available from Shop One.

11.10.2017

Josh Owen is invited back as a juror to represent United States at the Design Intelligence Award (DIA)...

11.01.2017

Josh Owen curated an exhibition on the work of Sculptor Roberto Bertoia. The Exhibition will be open...

10.25.2017

Josh Owen’s work is featured in Sandu Publishing’s INGENIOUS Product Design That Works...

10.20.2017

Josh Owen’s student Afifi Ishak’s work from Metaproject 06 is now a commercial product...

10.19.2017

Josh Owen is invited to speak to a select audience at the home of RIT’s new president, Doctor David C. Munson Jr.

10.11.2017

Josh Owen is invited to speak at IDEO Cambridge.

08.21.2017

Josh Owen is invited to speak at Xerox Experience Design Group.

08.11.2017

Josh Owen is invited to participate in leadership forum at Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco.

08.10.2017

Josh Owen is invited to present RIT student work from Metaproject for The Future of Design & Manufacturing...

06.15.2017

A limited quantity of signed Josh Owen menorahs for Areaware (no longer in production)...

06.06.2017

Josh Owen’s product family for Kontextur, which includes the WC Line, Hanging Line, and Tissue Box Cover...

06.05.2017

Josh Owen is invited to NYC Design Talks panel discussion on the challenges and rewards...

05.14.2017

Josh Owen and Umbra‘s Matt Carr will host the Metaproject 07 + Umbra Party event in NYC...

05.12.2017

Josh Owen’s RIT industrial design undergraduate students will present Metaproject 07 work with Umbra...

03.24.2017

Josh Owen is invited to Kikkerland Conversations Series: Decoding Design in NYC. Friday, March 24 at 6p...

01.15.2017

Josh Owen is invited as a juror to represent United States at the Design Intelligence Award (DIA)...

12.15.2016

Josh Owen’s Menorah as well as some of its design and manufacturing process for Areaware...