Owen Foster

Associate chair, design

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Education

• M.I.D., Industrial Design, Auburn University
• B.S., Environmental Design, Auburn University
• B.S., Horticulture, Auburn University

Credentials

• Associate chair, Fall 2023–present
  Professor of industrial design, Fall 2023–present,
  Department chair of industrial design, 2010–16, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

• Founder, 2021–present, Fostr Collective

• MIEC program director, 2022–23, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

• Adjunct professor of industrial design, 2022–23, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

• Director of innovations, 2019–23, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

• Co-founder and director, 2016–21, Aether Global Learning

• Co-founder, 2012–21, SHiFT Design, Tuscumbia, AL

• Professor of industrial design, 2009–10, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

• Design director, 1996–2009, freelance

• Visiting professor, 2005–07, Auburn University

Awards, recognitions, and honors

• Alabama Design 200, 2019
• Alabama Association of Art Educators Award, 2017
• IDEA Awards Jury Chair, 2017
• IDEA Awards Jury Member, 2015, 2016
• IDSA Educator of the Year, 2015
• Design Intelligence Top 30 Most Admired Design Educator, 2014

Organizations

• Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
• World Design Organization
• Alabama Arts Alliance
• Cumulus Association