Stephen studied architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Product Design at IIT'S Institute of Design, as well as attending Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture. With his New York-based studio, Stephen Burks Man Made, Burks has produced innovative products, furniture, lighting, and exhibitions for a range of international clients including Cappellini, Covo, David Design, Herman Miller, Idée, Moroso, Vitra, Zanotta and E&Y. Stephen's projects have been exhibited around the world at the ICFF in New York, Tokyo Design Week, the Salone del Mobile in Milan, the Victoria & Albert Museum's exhibition Milan in a Van, and the 2003 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's Design Triennial. Stephen Burks is the 2015 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award winner in Product Design.

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