Artist X. As part of this blog’s ongoing mission to raise the level of design discourse, rogueHAA has created a new series of posts entitled, “Artist X”.  This series will highlight local artists, showcasing unique and innovative projects found within the city.  By presenting multiple creative disciplines, we hope to build community relationships, spark Detroit specific design dialogue, encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration, and ultimately, strengthen the existing Detroit creative class.

Ryan Schirmang lives in Lafayette Park in Detroit. Currently, he works at Team Detroit and M1/DTW part-time. Originally from Chicago, Ryan earned his Master’s of Architecture from U of M.

Describe your work in three sentences.

I work as a Creative Project Manager for Team Detroit, one of the region’s largest ad agencies. My job is to figure out how to make interesting projects happen- projects that will make the city better – or highlight some of our cultural assets. I also learn how to put buildings together one day a week at my part-time job at M1/DTW.

These two jobs seem a bit unrelated, but they work well for me– I’m admittedly not the best designer– so I get to learn at M1/DTW, while simultaneously using my writing & communication skills at Team Detroit. I was an English major in college. Jumping between these two jobs helps keep things fresh and gives me plenty of problems to solve.  I like that. (more…)

Artist X. As part of this blog’s ongoing mission to raise the level of design discourse, rogueHAA has created a new series of posts entitled, “Artist X”.  This series will highlight local artists, showcasing unique and innovative projects found within the city.  By presenting multiple creative disciplines, we hope to build community relationships, spark Detroit specific design dialogue, encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration, and ultimately, strengthen the existing Detroit creative class.

Brian DuBois is currently the owner of 2:37am studios, a multi-disciplinary studio that he started in 1999. His shop focuses on design/build/models that range in small to medium scaled projects. His belief within his shop is that you should understand the materials, details, and production techniques before you design, which in the end will help the design process and overall construction budget.

He was born and raised in River Rouge, Michigan (a small factory town near southwest Detroit) and received his 5-year B.A. Arch. from the University of Detroit Mercy.  Currently, he is working towards his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Arts, focusing on furniture/product design.  He has worked in a variety of trades that range from carpentry, electrical, roofing, managing the architecture woodshop at UDM, and auto show/retail exhibition designs.

In 2006, Brian ventured beyond the typical architectural products by creating his :2:37am: clothing line.  With his clothing line, he showcases the industrial aspects of the Detroit metropolitan region while collaborating with local and international talent.

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