With a background in architecture he earned his diploma from the Institute of Industrial Design at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Oslo, Norway (1984), where he served as tenured faculty until 1996. After a visiting professorship at Purdue, he joined the University of Michigan in 1999. He maintains a professional practice with projects ranging from visual and cross-disciplinary university related research, to development of industrial design products. His research interests include design methodologies and the implementation of technology-based design tools.