Overview
Michael Kmak holds the position of Vice President / Design Leader at CannonDesign [1][3]. Kmak draws inspiration from the urban environment and focuses on patterns and complexities of daily life intersected with the urban condition, researching new intersections, ecologies, and design systems while living and working in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington DC [2]. Kmak's career at CannonDesign began in 2015 as Design Architect [6], progressing through roles as Associate / Senior Project Designer [5], Associate Vice President [4], and the current position [3]. Prior to joining CannonDesign, Kmak worked as Project Manager at MAKE Architecture [8], Project Architect at Shinberg Levinas Architects [7], and Designer at UrbanLab [9]. Kmak holds a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois Chicago [10] and completed architecture studies at UCLA [11].
Profile introduction
Michael draws inspiration from the urban environment. He focuses on the patterns and complexities of daily life intersected with patterns and complexities of the urban condition, which he believes create new formulas that we can use to design our future. To this end, Michael has researched new intersections, ecologies, and design systems while living and working in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington DC. He has followed a career he views as a perpetual crash-course in real-world design solutions meeting big ideas and is persistently thinking about how design can positively change our social a…
Career history
- Vice President / Design LeaderApr 2022 to presentCannonDesign
- Associate Vice PresidentApr 2019 to Apr 2022CannonDesign
- Associate / Senior Project DesignerAug 2017 to Apr 2019CannonDesign
- Design ArchitectMar 2015 to Aug 2017CannonDesign
- Project ArchitectOct 2011 to Dec 2013Shinberg Levinas Architects
- Project ManagerSep 2008 to Apr 2011MAKE Architecture
- DesignerJun 2005 to Sep 2007UrbanLab
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree, Architecture2001 - 2006University of Illinois Chicago
Architecture2007 - 2008UCLA
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