John Ford

Spatial Experience Design / Graduate Environmtl Dsgn
www.john-ford.com

Biography

John Ford is the owner of JFD, a highly specialized, digitally based production shop that handles projects ranging from modern furniture prototyping to large scale architectural interior build outs.
In having a dichotomous background of a Fine Arts education and 25 + years experience in the world of construction and fabrication, for the past 15 years John has played a hybrid role of artist, designer,digital/traditional fabricator, and technical engineer for numerous commercial and residential projects on an international level. With Projects ranging from the cnc milling of carbon fiber aircraft components, to large scale topographic models in Dubai. In 2011 he served as a consultant for Sun Hill Machinery in Taiwan. John Ford’s furniture designs have been shown at IMM Cologne, the Milan Furniture Fair, and ICFF in New York and is currently represented by Haute Living in Chicago. Selected clients include Boeing, 3 Form industries, Riva Spa 1920, Gerhy Partners, Fendi, Warner Bros., Saks Fifth Ave.

Classes

SXD-201-01: Digital Process 3
SXD-310-02: TS: Adv Spatial Rendering
SXD-602F-01: Fabrication Innovation 1: FLF
SXD-310-01: TS: Furniture
SXD-606F-01: Fabrication Innovation 2: FLF
SXD-509S-01: Digital Process 7: SXD
SXD-151-01: Digital Process 2