Two x Two
Two x Two is one part design consultancy and one part design school. We work alongside our clients guiding them to do the design work themselves.
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TWOxTWO co-founder Kate Canales is a designer and design educator dedicated to the premise that design is an innate capacity held by all. She is a Professor of Practice and a founding leader of the School of Design and Creative Technologies (SDCT) at The University of Texas at Austin. Until very recently, she served for six years as the inaugural Department Chair for SDCT’s Department of Design, overseeing the experiences of thousands of design students and dozens of design faculty in one of the world’s most prestigious learning environments. In her work as an educator and administrator Kate draws from her early career as a professional product designer and creative director - first at IDEO and later at frog, both internationally recognized design and innovation consultancies. Prior to UT, she founded the design program at Southern Methodist University (MADI).
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TWOxTWO Co-founder Gray Garmon is a designer, educator, and public scholar whose work empowers people to use design as a practice for shaping a better future. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Integrated Design at The University of Texas at Austin, where he also serves as an Associate Professor of Practice in Design. Since joining UT Austin in 2018, Gray has developed and taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses, positioning design as a fundamental human ability that belongs in every discipline.
Gray design practice spans consulting, innovation, and social impact. Recent work includes advising the Aga Khan Foundation on a human-centered design toolkit recognized with a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award; participating in the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s Design Science Studio; and delivering a TEDxUT Austin talk on Inciting Peace, his framework for designing a more peaceful world. Gray is former Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana and co-founder of the MA in Design and Innovation (MADI) program at Southern Methodist University.