Owen receives award for guitar pedal design
Josh Owen, director of the Vignelli Center and Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design, received the 2022 GOOD DESIGN Award for a guitar pedal he designed called The Mother Tongue. The award was given by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Winning designs will be displayed as part of the 2022 GOOD DESIGN Show at Contemporary Space Athens in Athens, Greece, from March 31, 2023, through May 7, 2023.
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