Josh Owen was born in the United States in 1970. The son of an archaeologist, he spent the summers of his youth on excavations in Israel. He holds a BFA in Sculpture and a BA in Visual Studies from Cornell University and an MFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has studied at Tel Aviv University and in Rome. Owen has been the recipient of several design awards and has shown his furniture and lighting designs at the Paris Furniture Fair, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City and the Material Connexion, also in New York City. He currently teaches product design at Philadelphia University and is the principal of owenlogikdesign, an industrial design studio located in Philadelphia, PA. Some of his innovative furniture and lighting designs are available through Minima and soon through Umbra.