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Jonathon Anderson

Associate Professor | Director of Design + Technology Lab
EducationBSc., MFA

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Jonathon Anderson is an Associate Professor of Interior Design and Director of the Design + Technology Lab. His work explores how industrial manufacturing and CNC technologies influence the design and making processes. As a result, the work is characterized by innovative and explorative methods that result in interconnected design, fine art, and technology solutions. From this non-traditional process emerges a provocative, complex design language that is visually communicated at varied scales and emphasizes corporeal and phenomenological experiences. To Jonathon, making is not only a practice, but a form of critical thinking.

  • Robotics
  • Computation
  • Fabrication
  • Digital/Physical Collapse 

Books + Edited Journals 

  • Lovell-Anderson, L., Anderson, J. Forthcoming (2026). Visualizing Interior Experiences. New York, NY: Routledge Publishing. 
  • Anderson, J., Weinthal, L. (Eds.) 2021. Digital Fabrication in Interior Design: Body, Object, Enclosure. New York, NY: Routledge Publishing.  
  • Anderson, J., Ortega, D. (Eds.) 2016. Innovations in Landscape Architecture. New York, NY. Routledge Publishing.
  • Anderson, J., Jackson, M. (Eds.) 2014. International Journal of Interior Architecture: Applied Geometries. Volume III. Houston, TX. University of Houston Publishing.
  • Jackson, M., Anderson, J. (Eds.) 2014. International Journal of Interior Architecture: Corporeal Complexities. Volume II. Houston, TX. University of Houston Publishing.
  • Jackson, M., Anderson, J. (Eds.) 2013. International Journal of Interior Architecture: Autonomous Identities. Volume I. Houston, TX. University of Houston Publishing.

Book Chapters

  • Anderson, J., Lovell-Anderson, L. 2018. Transforming Interior Volumes: volume + surface + mass. In Marinic, G. (Eds.), Interior Architecture Theory Reader. London, England. Routledge. 145-150.
  • Ortega, D., Anderson, J. 2015. Vertical Plane Typologies: examining sections and elevations. In Amoroso, N. (Eds.), Representing Landscapes: Digital. New York, NY: Routledge. 129-134.
  • Anderson, J., Schoenthaler, L. 2015. Materializing the Digital Realm. In Schniderman, D., Griffth, A. (Eds.), Textile Technology and Design: From Interior Space to Outer Space. New York, NY: Bloomsbury. 85-94.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Dubois, L., Bodur, O., Anderson, J., Tirtiroglu, D., Dimache, F. 2023. Augmenting Places: The IMpact of Placemaking on Behavioural Intentions. City, Culture and Society Journal 32 (2023) 100502, Elsevier Publishing. 1-13.
  • Zhang, L., Anderson, J. 2021. Open/Closed : Rooms/Corridors. Interiors Journal. 11(01).

Selected Creative Exhibition + Public Art 

2024

  • Mr. Roboto. Group exhibition. San Fransisco Museum of Craft and Design. Curated by Virginia San Fratello and Eleanor Pries.

2023        

  • Connected Creativity: A Transatlantic Exhibition of Practice-Based Research. Invited group exhibition. P3 Ambika Gallery. London, England. 
  • Robotic Clay. Invited group exhibition. In collaboration with Linda Zhang. Glass and Clay Museum of Canada. Waterloo, Ontario.
  • C2 Montreal. LAB in collaboration with KROY. Invited artists. Montreal, Canada.
  • DesignTO (Toronto Design Week) Exhibition - Creative Technology Showcase. Curator. Toronto, Canada .
  • Mobile Detroit 2050 - AI images from the future. Group exhibition. Curated by Sara Codarin + Karl Dabumann. Detroit, Michigan.

2022        

  • Phi Centre Exhibition - ANIMACHINA : animisme et nemesis. A collaboration with Artist KROY. Montreal, Canada.
  • Erie Canal Museum - permeant collection. Story of Water. A collaboration with Linda Zhang, Errol Willett, and Clare Olsen.

2021        

  • Creative Roboticist + Director - collaboration with Artist KROY. Production of a collection of seven music videos.
  • Hello from Tampa Bay. Public Art @ Tampa Bay International Airport. In collaboration with Sheryl Oring.