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Paul Henninge
Paul Henninge once received a fortune cookie that stated: "your artistic career will be supported by an industrialist". There could have been nothing closer to the truth.
Paul has been an active Vermont design consultant in since 1990, and is currently the president of Henninge, Inc, an Industrial Design firm in downtown Burlington. He has designed products as diverse as Danish wood stoves to the shape of a bar of soap, to a ski pole grip used by gold medal Olympian, Tommy Moe. He is currently designing an exhibit for the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Prior to moving to Burlington, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design from the Ohio State University's College of the Arts. After graduating in the top of his class, he moved to Cambridge Massachusetts where he became director of design for Product Genesis, Inc. In the late 1980's while in Boston, he helped to develop a variety of products ranging from new and innovative medical instruments to unique children's play environments.
He has been awarded several design awards along with both design and mechanical patents. In 1998 his award winning recumbent exercise cycle was selected for a Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum exhibit on sports equipment and product design.
His design philosophies intermingle the social and environmental impacts of the material world on people while maintaining sensitivities to a manufacturer's necessary requirements. He also practices his profession with an emphasis on teaching younger designers about the profession. He was a guest lecturer at an industrial design course at the Harvard School of Design from 1995 to 2001. His greatest professional joy is the mentoring of young designers that have gone on to accomplish rich and rewarding creative careers.
Paul enjoys learning about history, restoration and preservation, and playing soccer.
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