Alessandro Mendini1, Alfredo Häberli3, Álvaro Siza1, Antoine et Manuel1, Antoni Gaudí17, Arquitectura-G1, Cristian Zuzunaga1, Doshi Levien1, Eduard Samsó1, Ettore Sottsass3, Eugeni Quitllet2, Färg & Blanche1, Isabel Gamero1, Jaime Hayon29, Jordi Badia1, Jordi Pérez1, Josep Maria Jujol1, Klas Ernflo5, Konstantin Grcic7, Lluís Clotet5, Muller Van Severen7, Oscar Tusquets20, Otto Canalda2, Pepe Cortés6, Ramón Úbeda1, Ronan Bouroullec9, Sabine Marcelis1, Salvador Dalí11, Serban Ionescu4, Stephen Burks2, Willo Perron1, Xavier Mañosa1
Stephen Burks fades the line between industrial manufacturing and artisanal design. His contemporary outlook is unique as he brings “the hand to industry”.
Born in Chicago in 1969, Burks studied architecture and product design at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture. For over a decade, he has bridged authentic craft traditions, industrial manufacturing, and contemporary design, consulting for non-profits including Aid to Artisans, the Clinton Global Initiative, Design Network Africa, Artesanias de Colombia and the Nature Conservancy, uniting the artisan, the designer, and global brands in a triangle of immersive development. One that is future-focused and aligned with his conscious designs. Based in New York, his studio, Man Made, produces products, furniture, lighting, and exhibitions for a range of international clients, including B&B Italia, Boffi, Cappellini, Dedar, Dedon, Harry Winston,
Missoni, Moroso, Parachilna, Roche Bobois, Swarovski and BD. In 2015, he was the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award winner in Product Design and designed the Grasso armchair, one of our favourites, for BD in 2010.
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