Sam Bennett is a Brooklyn-based maker, ethnographer, and designer with expertise in the fields of space, materials, and objects. She believes in slow research that minimally impacts our planet and advocates for human and animal well-being. Incredibly curious and filled with questions, you can find her:
researching people’s relationships to the built environment through objects and maintenance.
repairing meaningful artifacts and hosting workshops globally as one-half of Repair Shop.
re-imagining the critique and running the creative feedback collective Clever/Slice.
pursuing special projects that are joyful.
reluctantly writing about her work.
teaching at Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, and New Jersey Institute of Technology.
researching people’s relationships to the built environment through objects and maintenance.
repairing meaningful artifacts and hosting workshops globally as one-half of Repair Shop.
re-imagining the critique and running the creative feedback collective Clever/Slice.
pursuing special projects that are joyful.
reluctantly writing about her work.
teaching at Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, and New Jersey Institute of Technology.
For collaboration or CV, reach out to sam@samiamido.com
Teaching
Capstone Research + Writing
Defining Place
Ethnograpy + Design
Interior Design Studio
Making Meaningful Things
Materials + Performance
Textiles Lab
Capstone Research + Writing
Defining Place
Ethnograpy + Design
Interior Design Studio
Making Meaningful Things
Materials + Performance
Textiles Lab
Collaborators
Aardvark Interiors
Brooklyn Public Library
Colony Co-op
DonateNYC
Healthy Materials Lab
Hyloh
Aardvark Interiors
Brooklyn Public Library
Colony Co-op
DonateNYC
Healthy Materials Lab
Hyloh
IBM
Masterson NYC
Martha Stewart Living
New York Public Library
Shared_Studios
SITU