Dr. Eric Anderson

Biography

Eric Anderson is a tenured professor in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, where he has taught design thinking strategy, user-centered design methods, experience design, context product design, and product visualization at both undergraduate and graduate levels for over 20 years. He is a co-founder of the Integrated Innovation Institute and serves as the instructor co-director for the Master of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services program, which combines design, engineering, and business to teach students about product and service innovation. Prior to his role at Carnegie Mellon, he spent a decade as a full-time design practitioner in corporate departments and consulting firms based in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, where he designed a broad variety of product solutions in medical instrumentation, tradeshow exhibition, corporate identity, and consumer product spaces. Professor Anderson is a past president of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), a member of the prestigious IDSA Academy Fellows, and serves on the board of trustees of The Design Foundation.

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