ABOUT

ABOUT | Connor Riegle (Criegle) is a Detroit based product and fashion designer bridging the gap between physical and digital realities. Criegle is currently imagining the future of customer experience as a Senior Spatial Experience Designer at Ford Motor Company. Seasonally, he has taught Fashion Accessory Design as an Adjunct Professor at The College for Creative Studies. Previously, (2017-2022) he was designing the future of football at Xenith, leading design on the Xenith Shadow Helmet, the award winning UTL training apparel collection and one of the 2021 NFL Helmet Challenge award winning helmets. Building his own phygital fashion brand: CRIEGLE, will pair physical with digital nfts for use in the metaverse and the future of spatial computing. Criegle is also a co-founder and creative contributor of KEEZ DAO, a community brand focused on building and supporting projects on the LUKSO blockchain.

MISSION | Criegle designs advanced concepts focused on bettering the livelihood of the human being. Using design to improve the lives of people today and inspiring others to push the boundaries of what is thought possible for tomorrow. Whether utilizing digital or physical technology, Criegle sees design as a way to solve problems and bring people together that might not otherwise meet.

PHILOSOPHY | Criegle strongly believes that the impossible is possible and that we are here to make those things a reality. His work focuses on simplifying the complex problems humans face in unique and revolutionary ways. There are many forms that the solution can take, often uniting disparate materials, technologies and processes that might not normally come together. By elimination of the inessential, allowing the function to guide the form, the barriers between artifacts and other humans, are stripped away. This allows humans to focus on what matters most - relationships.

Education

2017 - BFA Industrial Design (Major: Product Design, Minor: Fashion Accessories Design) The College for Creative Studies, Detroit