R. Michael Hendrix is an American graphic designer and entrepreneur.[1]
He is a Partner and the Global Design Director of design firm IDEO, based in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, studio.[2] In 2002, he co-founded sustainable design firm Tricycle Inc., which was purchased by carpet manufacturer Shaw Industries[3] in 2017.
Hendrix teaches [4] entrepreneurship at the Berklee College of Music where is also a co-founder of the Open Music Initiative, a program of the Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship.
He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.[5]
Recognition
editWhile at Tricycle Inc. he was made an AIGA Fellow for significant contributions to the field of graphic design;[6] received the Industrial Designers Society of America IDEA award[7]; was selected for the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Triennial;[8] and was a Top Nominee (now referred to as Finalist) for the Danish INDEX Awards[9].
He has also been recognized for design excellence by "American design associations and publications including the One Show, Type Directors Club, Print, HOW and Communication Arts"[10] and is a regular speaker at design conferences including WIRED, SXSW, HOW Design, AIGA, and Design Management Institute.[11]
Publications
editIn 2010 he co-authored an article with Jane Fulton Suri for Rotman School of Management on why design thinking should also be accompanied by design sensibilities.[12]
In 2021 he co-authored, Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation, with Panos Panay.
Other activities
editHendrix writes and performs music as R.M. Hendrix. He released one album and two EPs in 2011.[13] 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.[14] He released "Can It Find Us Here?" in 2017.
References
edit- ^ Overfelt, Maggie. "A startup produces environmentally friendly carpet samples". Fortune Small Business. CNN Money. Retrieved October 24, 2006.
- ^ "Michael Hendrix". IDEO. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ^ "Carpet maker Shaw acquires Tennessee digital sample provider". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^ "Faculty and Staff | Berklee College of Music".
- ^ "Alumni: Where Are They Now?". UT Knoxville: School of Art. University of Tennessee. 2016-01-07.
- ^ "AIGA Fellow". AIGA. 2008.
- ^ "SIM from Tricycle". IDSA. 2010-05-25.
- ^ "Tryk". Cooper Hewitt National Design Triennial. 18 January 2022.
- ^ "SIM Carpet Simulation". INDEX: DESIGN TO IMPROVE LIFE. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "R. Michael Hendrix Biography by AIGA". AIGA. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Michael Hendrix Biography by IDEO".
- ^ Hendrix, Michael; Jane Fulton Suri (Spring 2010). "Developing Design Sensibilities" (PDF). Rotman Magazine.
- ^ "Artist Site". R.M.Hendrix Discography.
- ^ Gourlay, Dom. "Some Velvet Mixtape". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
External links
edit- Michael Hendrix on "Why Metaphors Make Us Fall in Love with Design" at WIRED by Design 2014
- Sustainable packaging interview on the DIELINE from August 2014
- IDEO brand identity interview with Fast Company
- Michael Hendrix on LinkedIn
- Michael Hendrix interview at Future M about IDEO and the breadth of design thinking on YouTube
- Michael Hendrix presentation at AIGA GAIN 2006 about the genesis of Tricycle Inc. on Vimeo
- Transcript of Sustainable Sampling Interview at Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, 2007
- R.M. Hendrix on Bandcamp