Owen Foster

Associate Chair of Design / Founder&Director

SCAD / FOSTR Collective

Education M.I.D., Industrial Design, Auburn University B.S., Environmental Design, Auburn University B.S., Horticulture, Auburn University Credentials Associate chair, Fall 2023–present Professor of industrial design, Fall 2023–present, Department chair of industrial design, 2010–16, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA Founder, 2021–present, Fostr Collective MIEC program director, 2022–23, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA Adjunct professor of industrial design, 2022–23, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Director of innovations, 2019–23, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Co-founder and director, 2016–21, Aether Global Learning Co-founder, 2012–21, SHiFT Design, Tuscumbia, AL Professor of industrial design, 2009–10, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Design director, 1996–2009, freelance Visiting professor, 2005–07, Auburn University Awards, recognitions, and honors Alabama Design 200, 2019 Alabama Association of Art Educators Award, 2017 IDEA Awards Jury Chair, 2017 IDEA Awards Jury Member, 2015, 2016 IDSA Educator of the Year, 2015 Design Intelligence Top 30 Most Admired Design Educator, 2014 Organizations Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) World Design Organization Alabama Arts Alliance Cumulus Association