Norman Teague

Norman Teague is an American Chicago-based social practice Designer and Educator. Norman is a founding member of the Chicago-based blkHaUs studios,[1] and in 2019 went on to form his own Norman Teague Design Studios. In addition to his studio practices Teague currently resides as a professor in the school of industrial design at University of Illinois Chicago.[2]

Teague's work seeks to use design to "empower brown and black communities"[2] Teague is best known for his furniture, some of which resides in the permanent collection, of The Art Institute of Chicago,[3] but also has worked in performance and sculpture. Teague has worked with notable collaborators such as Theaster Gates, and acted as a consultant on The Barack Obama Presidential Center with the firm Ralph Applebaum.[4]

Early Life And Education

Teague grew up on the south side of Chicago.

Originally interested in pursuing a career in architecture, Teague attended Harold Washington College. He went to further his studies at Colombia College, but after exposure to wood shop and smaller scale design he pivoted his focus to industrial Design.[5] Teague received an BA in product design from Colombia College Chicago in 2014. He then went on to pursue a master's degree in designed objects from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which he received in 2016.

References
  1. "the skinny — blkhaus4_zero". blkhausstudios.com. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  2. "Norman Teague | UIC - School of Design". design.uic.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  3. Teague, Norman (2015), Sinmi Stool (Prototype), retrieved 2021-10-27
  4. "With $25,000 Award, South Shore Designer Norman Teague Wants To Open An Accessible South Side Art Studio". Block Club Chicago. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  5. Polidori, Kendall (2019-11-02). "Alumnus recognized for personal, lifelike designs reflecting his Chicago upbringing". The Columbia Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
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