Stephen Melamed, IDSA studied theoretical physics at Boston University and received his master’s with distinction in industrial design from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also studied under Bauhaus designer/artist/author Werner Graeff. The National Endowment for the Arts & Humanities awarded him a design fellowship, and he received a grant from the R. Buckminster Fuller Foundation. Melamed authored By Design: Museum Environments for All. He is currently managing partner of Chicago-based industrial design consulting firm, Tres Design Group recipient of a silver IDEA for design excellence. He is an LSP (Lego® Serious Play) certified facilitator and a clinical professor of interdisciplinary product development and industrial design at the University of Illinois Chicago. In 2011, IDSA honored him as Midwest Educator of the Year. He is a founding member of AIGA national design advocacy group, Design for Democracy.
Workshop Title:
Introduction to Lego® Serious Play
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