Benjamin Stoler

Benjamin Stoler comes from Buffalo, New York, and is working to become an Industrial Designer and graduate with a degree from Virginia Polytechnic and State University in the Spring of 2017. Design brings out the best in Ben, in the form of his ability to think critically about difficult ideas, and reach across disciplines in order to communicate innovative visions of how the future of Product Design should unfold. Ben utilizes the lessons he learned from a hard-goods design internship with Colony Brands Inc. to generate creative ideas. As an advocate of Eco-friendly design, Ben's focus is to create products that engage the problems and issues that will need far-reaching solutions in the near future. He strongly believes in the need to push matters pertaining to Sustainability into the limelight in order to prioritize products that create the conditions for positive change to occur.