Tim Karoleff , MFA

Tim Karoleff (MFA) is an interstitial interloper. He has taught Industrial Design at the University of Cincinnati, University of Navarra, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and runs an award-winning creative practice exhibiting and selling furniture, home goods, and sculpture to a global audience through retailers including Crate & Barrel, Urban Outfitters, and Shinola. His studio has been featured in international publications such as Dwell, HGTV Network, NPR, and Gestalten. He has published and lectured on his pedagogical research into the social impact of physical artifacts internationally and aids his students in developing a critical consciousness to inform the intent of their own creative works. He also loves the woods.

MFA: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 2020 (Designed Objects)

BS: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, 2009 (Industrial Design)

Social impact of physical artifacts through industrial and product design / Material intelligence and process use & misuse / The relativity of perception and its capacity to catalyze change / Crafting informed intent through growing critical consciousness / Rhetorical Objects and their capacity to inspire productive discourse / Furniture & home goods design, development, & production

2020 -2023 Visiting Assistant Professor of Industrial Design, Courses: Industrial Design Studio V, Industrial Design Studio VI (Capstone), Capstone Research and Development, Human-Centered Design Seminar, Materials and Processes Lab, Professional Practice, Industrial Design Graphics Seminar, Independent Study Lab: Design for Harm Reduction, History of Design Technology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette

2016 -2019 Visiting Professor of Design, Course: Sets & Seriations Studio Module, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, ES

2023 -2025 DAAP Build Lab Associate, Labs: Wood, Cold & Hot Metals, Resin & Plastics, General Fabrication, Vacuum-Forming, Orientation & Process Development, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati

2018 -2020 Graduate Assistant, Courses: Furniture Design, Wood Shop Lead, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

2024 -2025 Adjunct Instructor of Design, Courses: Industrial Design Studio II, Capstone Development, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati

2012 -2018 Annualized Adjunct Instructor of Design, Courses: Foundations Drawing Studio, Foundations 2D Design Studio, Foundations 3D Design Studio, Industrial Design Studio I, Industrial Design Studio II, Industrial Design Studio III, Product Capstone Communication Studio, Design Visualization Studio II, Making of Things Seminar I, Making of Things Seminar II, Design Technology Lab I, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati

2020 -To Present Creative Practioner, Create sculptural work that has been collected and exhibited across the USA., Tim Karoleff, Cincinnati

2011 -2018 Founder, CEO, Principal Designer, Selected Clients: A&E Networks, Alice + Olivia, Blanton Museum of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Crate & Barrel, HSH Interiors, Laumeier Sculpture Park, MOCA Cleveland, ODCM, Philbrook Museum of Art, Pivot Interiors, Powell’s Books, Shinola, Urban Outfitters, Ampersand, Cincinnati

2010 -2011 Design and Shop Assistant, Designed and manufactured luxury furniture for private residences., Patrick Weder, Brooklyn

2010 -2010 Contract Designer, Clients: Johnson & Johnson, Panasonic, ChappsMalina, Brooklyn