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Professor. Contact. Email: Bruce M. Tharp. Office: 2073 AA. Biography. Curriculum Vitae. PhD, Sociocultural Anthropology, The University of Chicago. MA, Sociocultural Anthropology, The University of Chicago. MID, Industrial Design (Distinguished Graduate), Pratt Institute. Post-Baccalaureate Fine Arts, Pennsylvania State University.
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 ...
with Stephanie Tharp. 2005. Chicago, Illinois. BRIEF BIO. Believed to be the first industrial designer to receive a PhD in anthropology (University of Chicago), in 1998 Bruce began researching the material culture of Indiana's Old Order Amish, focusing on the production & consumption of value.
Bruce Tharpe Engineering. 1994 - 2022. That's right, BTE shipped its very first kit (a Venture 60) in September 1994. Since that time we have proudly shipped thousands of our traditional kits all over the world. Modelers are nearly universal in their praise for the quality of our designs, parts, packaging, instructions, and customer service.
ABOUT | materious. 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 ...
Teaching | Bruce. In 2005, I left a "dream job" with an in-house industry think-tank to begin an academic career in Chicago. Since then, I have taught (at three institutions) 38 different product design studio and seminar courses split across undergraduate and graduate curricula.
