Christopher Beck
Part-time Lecturer
Email
beckc@newschool.edu
Office Location
L - 2 West 13th Street
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Chris Beck designs, draws, paints, and writes in Brooklyn, and is a Registered Architect in the state of New York. His research examines the creative process in art and design fields, focusing on the effects of digital technology on methods of making, and systems of capital in labor and production. He also serves as an advisor for the IAM Union, utilizing his experience organizing the first private-sector architecture union. His forthcoming book, The Labor of Architecture: Creativity, Design, and the Building of a New Class Consciousness, will be published with Monthly Review Press.
Degrees Held
M.A. in Liberal Arts, The New School (ongoing)
M.Arch, Rhode Island School of Design
B.S. in Architecture, University of Maryland-College Park
Research Interests
Design Production, Creative Process, Labor Process, Technology, Organizing, Unions