John Arndt
Co-founder, Studio Gorm
Associate Professor, University of Oregon
John Arndt is an associate professor in the Department of Product Design at the University of Oregon. He trained as a potter, furniture maker and sculptor. He has worked as a model maker for the film and theater industry and as a product developer for Studio Bertjan Pot in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Arndt earned his master’s degree from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, where he met his partner Wonhee Jeong and formed Studio Gorm in 2007.
Studio Gorm applies insightful academic research on culture, history and technology to refocus modern design through the prism of time, exploring the transformation of objects and ideas as they evolve to fit the demands and expectations of modern life.
Furnishing Utopia, Cultural Research and Design Collaboration
Furnishing Utopia is a design collective with the mission of bringing designers together from around the world to design—in response to utopian design cultures and philosophies through workshops, exhibitions and collaborative projects and partnerships.
Since spring 2016, John Arndt and Wonhee Arndt, co-founders of Studio Gorm, have exhibited works from 14 studios developed out of two, week-long workshops exploring the American Shaker culture and values. The work has been shown in New York City, Chicago and Stockholm. Learn how the project came about and how it has evolved.
