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Bruce, along with his wife and fellow Stamps faculty member, Stephanie M. Tharp established their creative studio, materious, in Chicago in 2005. "Materious" is an archaic word that means both "substance" and "substantive," reflecting their concern for imbuing deep meaning, messaging, and value within domestic products.
May 29, 2019 · Bruce Tharp, Ph. D., president of Tharp’s Food Technology and a legend in the ice cream industry, passed away last week at the age of 89. He began his career in ice cream at an early age while working for the family business, Tharp’s Ice Cream, in Shamokin, Pa., and he ultimately achieved international recognition for his technical expertise and insight in the field.
Dr. Bruce M. Tharp is an Associate Professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. He received a doctorate in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Chicago, a master of industrial design degree from Pratt Institute, and a bachelor of mechanical engineering degree from Bucknell University.
In 2009, American design scholars Bruce Tharp and Stephanie Tharp created the Four Fields Framework for understanding various intentions of design: “Without a compelling, indeed, taxonomic, way of organizing design activity, we are selling ourselves short; we not only have difficulty understanding the profession ourselves, but also in communicating to the world our potency, range, and ...
May 24, 2021 · Bruce Tharp Receives Fulbright. May 24, 2021. The United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board recently announced that Stamps School Associate Professor Bruce M. Tharp PhD has been awarded a U.S. Fulbright Global Scholar grant for the 2021 – 2022 academic year. Since its establishment in 1946 by ...
Tharp, Bruce M. and Tharp, Stephanie Munson. “Discursive Design:Beyond Purely Commercial Notions of Industrial and Product Design.” IDSA National Education Symposium Proceedings. Phoenix Arizona. 237–245. Tharp, Bruce M. “Valued Possessions: Expanding Amish Material Culture and Consumption,” in The Journal of American Culture.
BRUCE M. THARP. About. Designing. Writing. Speaking. Teaching. Coaching. More. In 2005, I left a "dream job" with an in-house industry think-tank to begin an academic ...
