Michael Hendrix

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R. Michael Hendrix is an American graphic designer and entrepreneur, known for being a partner and director at IDEO. [1]

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Biography

Hendrix graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. [2] In 2002, he co-founded sustainable design firm Tricycle Inc. [3] He was a Partner and the Global Design Director of design firm IDEO, based in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, studio. [1]

Hendrix teaches at the Berklee College of Music and a co-founder of the Open Music Initiative [4] Hendrix writes and performs music as R.M. Hendrix. [5] In 2014 he released "Urban Turks Country Jerks" on Moon Sounds Records, and was named one of the "fifty finest artists" of the year by Drowned in Sound . [6]

Recognition

Hendrix has received the following national awards:

He has also been recognized for design excellence by American design organizations, such as the One Show, Type Directors Club, Print, HOW and Communication Arts. [9]

Bibliography

2021: Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation, [10] with Panos Panay [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ideo breaks its silence on design thinking's critics". Fast Company. 2018-10-29. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Alumni: Where Are They Now?". UT Knoxville: School of Art. University of Tennessee. 2016-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Carpet maker Shaw acquires Tennessee digital sample provider". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Faculty and Staff | Berklee College of Music".
  5. ↑ "Artist Site". R.M.Hendrix Discography.
  6. ↑ Gourlay, Dom. "Some Velvet Mixtape". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ "AIGA Fellow". AIGA. 2008.
  8. ↑ "Tricycle Honored with 2006 IDEA Gold Award". www.floordaily.net. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  9. ↑ "R. Michael Hendrix Biography by AIGA". AIGA. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  10. ↑ Two Beats Ahead. 2020-08-04. ISBN   978-1-5417-3057-1.
  11. ↑ TWO BEATS AHEAD | Kirkus Reviews.
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