Professor Architecture, Interior Arch and Designed Objects (AIADO)
Helen Maria Nugent is Professor and founding Chair of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Designed Objects program. In this role she has initiated successful ventures with external partners including the Tacoma Museum of Art, CB2, Industreal, Danese Milano, Dupont Corian, The Future Perfect and Spazio Rossana Orlandi. Nugent has more than 20 years of teaching and leadership experience in higher education and is currently a Co-Director of the DesignArts discipline for the Young Arts Foundation.
As a principal partner in HAELO Design, an independent, research-oriented studio, she pursues speculative and commercial design projects with a focus on furniture, objects, services and exhibitions. HAELO Design’s newest work, ‘Manifesting the Look of Love’, was commissioned by curator Zoe Ryan for the 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial.
Born and raised in Scotland, Nugent studied at the Glasgow School of Art, receiving a BFA (Hons) in Environmental Art and a Master of Design.
