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Richard Nelipovich
designercraftsman.com
Bio

Richard Nelipovich is a designer, metalsmith, and educator.  
He recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship in the
Netherlands where he worked with Droog Design and studied
the history of craft and design at the University of Leiden.  In his
own work, Nelipovich integrates the tools of industrial design
with the craft of metalsmithing.  He develops computer
simulations of biological phenomena, and uses them in the
creation of design objects.  Nelipovich received his Bachelors
degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and his
MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.  He has several
years of work experience both as a jeweler and industrial
designer.  Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Design at
Indiana-Purdue University in Fort Wayne, where he teaches 3D
Design, Model-Making, and Package Design.  Nelipovich lives
in Fort Wayne with his partner, Andrea, and their dog Tunch.