Samuel is currently pursuing an MFA in Furniture Design at the Rhode Island School of Design. He works with commercially available, bio-based materials to objectively show what is possible, here and now, to directly address our petro-dependence across industries, with emphasis on the furniture industry. His process involves deep material research into origin, composition, manufacturing, life-cycle, and end-of-life analysis. His work leverages a circular mindset and objectively shows that our hurdles are not a matter of resources but design ingenuity and industriousness.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 RISD Group Exhibition, Satellite Salone Del Mobile, Milan (group show)
2024 SII Studio Show, SII Gallery, New York, NY (group show)
2024 Sustainability in Chaos Juried Exhibition Triennial, Robert C. Williams Museum, Atlanta, GA (group show)
2023 Momentum, Alcova Miami, Miami, FL (group show)
2023 Sustainability in Chaos Juried Exhibition Triennial, NAHP Paper Tides Conference, Providence, RI (group show)
2023 Paper Chemistry, Waterman Gallery, Providence, RI (group show)
2023 Graduate Biennial, Sol Keffler, Providence, RI (group show)
2023 Launchpad, Wanted Design, New York NY (group show)
2023 Rewilded Domesticity, Wanted Design, New York NY (group show)
2023 STEAM Room Gallery, Brown University, Providence RI (group show)
2022 Furniture Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI (group show)
AWARDS & GRANTS
2023 Maharam Fellow
2023 Hyundai Collaborative Research Fellow
2023 Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Winner (Student Category)
2023 RISD Graduate Commons Grant
2023 Windgate Foundation Scholarship
2023 RISD Grad Conference Grant
2022 RISD Materials Fund Grant
EDUCATION
MFA Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI (Candidate, ‘24)
BS Construction Management, Illinois State University, Normal IL