Ryan
designer
Born and raised in the cornfields outside of Chicago as the son of a fifth generation foundryman, I am naturally obsessed with the simple beauty and practicality of industrial design and industrial machinery. I cut my teeth at the ripe age of 10 working in a cast-iron foundry making sand molds and finishing wood patterns, and this is where I was exposed to the culture and art of making.
Ever since those early days I have been obsessed with exploring how “things” are made and how they can be improved on. So naturally throughout my career I continue to explore construction methods, materials, and systems in architecture to find a better way to design and build while creating something pure to its fundamental purpose as Le Corbusier says, “A machine for living.”