Author: Tucker Viemeister
Born: 1948
Bio: <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Viemeister">Tucker Viemeister</a></b> (b. 1948) is a trailblazing industrial designer.  He is a Fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America and Chief of the Lab at the Rockwell Group, and has held a number of academic positions.  His innovative designs are found in the permanent collections of many prominent museums. Viemeister began his undergraduate studies at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College in Illinois</a>, where he spent a year in the <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/shimerinoxfordprogram.cfm">Oxford study abroad program</a>; he completed his Bachelor of Industrial Design degree at the Pratt Institute in 1974. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Tucker_Viemeister#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)