Kathleen Brandenburg

Kathleen Brandenburg is an American design strategist. She is the co-founder of IA Collaborative, where she serves as the Chief Design Strategy Officer.

Kathleen Brandenburg
Alma materIIT Institute of Design
OccupationDesigner
EmployerIA Collaborative
TitleChief Design Strategy Officer
Co-founder

Education

Kathleen Brandenburg graduated from the IIT Institute of Design with her master's degree in 1998.[1]

Design career

Brandenburg and Dan Kraemer co-founded the design and business consultancy IA Collaborative in 2000,[2][3] where she serves as Chief Design Strategy Officer.[1][4][5][6] Brandenburg has developed projects for clients including United Airlines,[3] Audi, AirBnB,[7] Gatorade, and Nike, companies that developed new products based upon her design research into the users of their products,[8] using immersive research to determine what design changes could improve existing products or lead to new ones.[9][10] Brandenburg has served as a Visiting Professor at the Harvard University TH Chan School of Public Health.[11] She also worked in graphic design and interaction design.[12] Fast Company has named Brandenburg to their "50 Most Influential Designers in America" list[2] in 2011.[13]

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References
  1. Marc J. Dollinger (2008). Entrepreneurship: Strategies and Resources. Marsh Publications. p. 383.
  2. Clinic, Mayo. "Mayo Clinic Transform 2018: Kathleen Brandenburg". PostBulletin.com.
  3. Elahi, Amina. "IA Collaborative's founder offers 3 ideas on design thinking". chicagotribune.com.
  4. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/kathleen-brandenburg
  5. Schoenberger, Johanna (February 2, 2012). "Strategisches Design: Verankerung von Kreativität und Innovation in Unternehmen". Springer-Verlag. p. 3 – via Google Books.
  6. Erwin, Kim (August 28, 2013). "Communicating The New: Methods to Shape and Accelerate Innovation". John Wiley & Sons. p. 274 – via Google Books.
  7. "Kathleen Brandenburg". Industrial Designers Society of America - IDSA. August 17, 2019.
  8. Warren Berger (2009). Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life, Your Business, and Maybe Even the World. Random House of Canada. p. 106 and 254.
  9. "Mendoza Business Magazine - Creative License". bizmagazine.nd.edu.
  10. "Kathleen Brandenburg". IIT Institute of Design.
  11. "Why the Best Design is Invisible". p. 30.
  12. McGregor, Jena (June 1, 2004). "Masters of Design: Kathleen Brandenburg". Fast Company.
  13. Cliff Kuang (September 16, 2011). "Infographic Of The Day: America's 50 Most Influential Designers". Fast Company.
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