Brook Banham

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Detroit, MI

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Explorer of possibilities. Design is not only the manifestation of a physical object but a way of thinking.

Brook is an entrepreneurial industrial designer with over 10 years of professional design and branding experience. Continually forging new grounds with his entrepreneurial spirit he looks for new and different design approaches to problems. Concept orientated and working mainly in automotive, footwear, product design and branding, he has worked on projects for many Fortune 500 companies including: Audi, Adobe, Daimler Benz, Frog Design, Nike, Volkswagen, Fila, Herman Miller, Delta Sky, BMW, Adidas, Hasbro/ Transformers, General Motors/ Chevrolet, SATA, Mobsteel, Hewlett Packard, Mattel/ Hot Wheels, VW, Victorianox/ Swiss Army, Sony Entertainment, Nike, Phat Farm, Microsoft, Toshiba, Panasonic, Decathlon, Autorama and more.

Brook currently helps run Middlecott with his partner Judith. Together along with their team of highly talented partners they create award winning brands and designs from their Downtown Detroit studio. Brook is also the founder of the live design contest, a Fight Club of Design; the Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment where 'the best sketch wins'. www.middlecott.com

Working and living in the US and Europe, Brook has gained valuable international design experience from countries; Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Austria as well as in China and India. Graduating in 2000 from UKs' Coventry University Transportation Design course, he created a sound foundation from which he has built his design career. More recently Brook has completed grad school from the CCS (College fro Creative Studies) MFA Transport Design program at the top of his class.

As well as being named on several US patents as the inventor he has been featured in a number of periodicals and won several design awards like Peugeot Design Competition, Michelin Challenge Design, Car Design News/ General Motors Interactive Design Challenge. Brook has been featured in a number of books, magazines and websites such as Time Magazine, Wired, Edge, MG World, Maxim Fashion, CARR, Car Design News, Car Body Design, Core 77, Jalopnik, Automobile Magazine, Lurning Curves, Concept Kicks, and more. Brook is a yearly judge docent for the EyesOn Design wards.

Brook has worked with big name brands like, Nike, Adidas, Mattel/ Hot Wheels, Delta Airlines, General Motors, Ford, Hasbro/ Transformers, BASF, UAW, Audi, VW, Daimler. Mercedes Trucks North America, Sony Entertainment, Fila Sport SpA, Puma and may others.

Brooks specialties are rooted in sketching and rendering concepts: art direction, vehicle design, consumer electronics, footwear design, product design, sketching, illustration, concept design, branding, soft goods design. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, In-Design , Rhino3D, basic Alias Automotive, Alias Sketch, Alias Sketchbook Pro, Hypershot, Bunkspeed . Brook also has experience with product development in China, Europe, India and the USA.
Education
- MFA MFA Transport Design
  
  College for Creative Studies
  
  2010 - 2012
- BA honors Transportation Design
  
  Coventry University
  
  1996 - 2000
Experience
- Adjunct Professor
  
  College for Creative Studies
  
  Detroit, MI
  
  Jan 2016 - Present (5 years 8 months)
  
  Part-time teaching Advanced Visual Communication for junior product design undergrad students. Teaching them advanced sketching techniques and utilizing computer to enhance their presentations.
- Founder/ partner
  
  Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment
  
  Detroit, MI
  
  Sep 2012 - Present (9 years)
  
  The Fight Club of Design, a live design sketching competition within a banging party environment.
- Partner/ Designer
  
  Middlecott Design
  
  Detroit, MI
  
  Jan 2012 - Present (9 years 8 months)
  
  Owner/ partner/ designer of Middlecott design. We specialize in automotive, industrial, graphic/ branding and illustration design. Clients include Hasbro/ Transformers, Delta Airways, Champion spark plugs, Federal Mogul, Audi, and many smaller firms and startups. We also started and run the Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment, a live automotive sketching contest that runs with the Detroit International Autoshow.
- Middlecott Design
  
  San Francisco, CA
  
  successfully completed projects for Mattel/ Hot Wheels, Frog Design, Swiss Army/ Victorianox, Targus and Pentagram Design. Projects includued consumer electronics, shoes, bags and transportation solutions. Skills Design: design management, art direction, sketching, storyboards, illustration, graphics, concept orientated and conceptual mood boards, experience in China and Europe and working with prototypes, fabricators and manufacturing. Technically highly proficient in: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Acrobat Pro. Alias Sketchbook Pro, Alias Sketch, Rhino 3D, Bunkspeed, Hypershot. Basic Knowledge: Alias Automotive, Microsoft: Excel, Power Point, Word Design Awards and Publications 2013: Named as United States US Patent No: D620,095 2012: Featured work in book Learning Curves, Design Sketch Skills by Klara Sjolen and Allan Macdonald 2011: "http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/home/new_cars/display/store4/item248206/" Winner in GM and CDN Interactive Design Competition, "http://www.cardesigncontest.com/entry.php*e=9jg14j6bGiekemKAyA8Jih8uCNjg785H" interiors phase and "http://www.cardesigncontest.com/entry.php*e=junBA8F2BDNFwxEGwHnt9rYxkHbCEiwJ" exterior phase. 2011: Learning Curves, KEEOS Design Books AB, designs and sketches "http://www.designsketching.com/links.php" published 2010: 3D Automotive Modeling, by Andrew Gahen, featured 2x complete designs in two chapters "http://books.google.com/books*id=_VQS1jTnuWMC&pg=PR7&lpg=PR7&dq=3D+Automotive+Modeling, +by+Andrew+Gahan, +banham&source=bl&ots=sGp_mKDlK-&sig=imDNL0ytqp90HxrxGOaOocGxqhA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P1JRT-fPBoPi0QGc9LXZDQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false" published 2009: "http://ilikemystyle.net/" I Like My Style, Issue #2, commissioned for a range of fashion-based vehicle illustrations, "http://www.coroflot.com/brook/I-Like-My-Style-Quarterly-cars*keywords=banham&" published
- part-time VisCom instructor
  
  California College for Art (CCA)
  
  San Francisco, CA
- Freelance Industrial Designer
  
  Astro Studios
  
  San Francisco, CA
  
  Jun 2004 - Jun 2009 (5 years)
  
  Adding horsepower to the team.
- Industrial Design
  
  Astro Studios
  
  San Francisco, CA
  
  Feb 2004 - Sep 2008 (4 years 7 months)
  
  Hired to add horsepower to the industrial design team creating high-end consumer electronics concepts and designs for Fortune 500 clients.
- Footwear Designer
  
  Puma
  
  München, Germany
  
  Apr 2002 - Dec 2004 (2 years 8 months)
  
  Sports footwear designer for the categories of running and motorsports.
- Footwear Designer
  
  Fila Sport SpA
  
  Montebelluna, Italy
  
  May 2001 - Feb 2003 (1 year 9 months)
  
  Footwear designer for basketball and cross training categories.
Awards

General Motors and Car Design News Interactive Design Competition award winner

over 5 U.S. Patents

CARDESIGNNEWS.COM: 06/07 : MotorStorm

EDGE UK: 11/06, MotorStorm

TIME: 07/06, p.44, Herman Miller

WIRED: 11/05, Pentagram Des

CREATIVE REVIEW: 08/05, Pentagram Des

Michelin Design Challenge: 2003, finalist displayed work at NAIAS

Peugeot Design Contest: '01, finalist
Affiliations

IDSA, UKDC, EyesOn Design
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GMC 4Go

GMC 4Go from Brook Banham

GMC 4Go

A GMC that climbs like a CJ, drives like a Vette.

Climbs like a CJ, drives like Vette...

Climbs like a CJ, drives like Vette...

side view of the 4GO - Finally, A GMC youth vehicle with a pair

My 4GO concept renderings featured in CARR Magazine, a double page spread.

GMC 4GO - Opening blue oceans for GMC is this proposal for a youth vehicle.

GMC 4GO - Opening blue oceans for GMC is this proposal for a youth vehicle.

GMC 4GO - Opening blue oceans for GMC is this proposal for a youth vehicle.

GMC 4GO - Opening blue oceans for GMC is this proposal for a youth vehicle.

Climbs like a CJ, drives like Vette...

Climbs like a CJ, drives like Vette...

Winner!

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GMC 4Go

A GMC that climbs like a CJ, drives like a Vette.

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Comments (14)

jan bujnak

professional work man :)

9 years ago
Ron Williams

Congratulations Brook!

9 years ago
Arturo Ariño

true what Joe Says !! this is great !!love the style man!!

9 years ago
Marc Senger

Dave and Rich Scheer ran a great boot camp at CCS. The stress was fun and the fun was stressful. Fond memories!

9 years ago
Aaron Hughes

Mr. Lyon!!

9 years ago

Alessandro Salvaggio

great technique!

9 years ago
Joe MacCarthy

How could you look at this and not tap that likey button? Great one Brook. Glad to see you back flottering again.

9 years ago
Brook Middlecott Banham

Thanks Joe. Yeah, where are all the likeys? Maybe its not very good.

9 years ago
Joe MacCarthy

Chuck Mr T in there and they will come....

9 years ago
Boris Schwarzer

Nice!

9 years ago
Ronny Sauer

I´m not Chuck...but anyway...tap ;-)

9 years ago
daniel j. lipscomb

Crazy great!!!!

9 years ago
Gary Major

Great series of artworks Brook!

9 years ago
Marc Senger

Great sketch and angle on this tough guy.

9 years ago
Aaron Hughes

Mr. Lyon!!

9 years ago
Marc Senger

Dave and Rich Scheer ran a great boot camp at CCS. The stress was fun and the fun was stressful. Fond memories!

9 years ago
Arturo Ariño

true what Joe Says !! this is great !!love the style man!!

9 years ago
Ron Williams

Congratulations Brook!

9 years ago
jan bujnak

professional work man :)

9 years ago

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