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Craighton Berman is a Chicago-based designer interested in shaping the future. The studio’s focus is in bringing ideas to life—both for clients and as self-directed projects.
Craighton’s consulting practice is focused on shaping design futures. Guided by a background of industrial design and innovation consulting, he uses a mix of strategy and creativity to define new ideas & experiences, distill complex information, facilitate strategic conversations and tell visual stories with his distinct illustration style.
Craighton's industrial design practice is focused on running Manual, a home goods brand that creates products for slow living. Manual has independently launched over two dozen products, ran over 15 crowdfunding campaigns, has been featured in Wired & Businessweek, and has been sold through Crate & Barrel, CB2, MCA Chicago, The Cooper Hewitt Shop and "the internet".
Craighton has design work in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago; he was the first designer to use Kickstarter to launch a product; he has led courses on design entrepreneurship at UIC and courses on design sketching at SVA, IIT, Iowa State and SAIC, and his drawings are featured in a YouTube video with over 55 million views (it’s big in the elementary school scene).
︎ Craighton on the Transforming Worlds Podcast (2025)
︎ Craighton speaking at the Creativeworks conference (2022)
For inquiries: please email info@craightonberman.com or connect directly at 773-255-8594.
Craighton’s consulting practice is focused on shaping design futures. Guided by a background of industrial design and innovation consulting, he uses a mix of strategy and creativity to define new ideas & experiences, distill complex information, facilitate strategic conversations and tell visual stories with his distinct illustration style.
Craighton's industrial design practice is focused on running Manual, a home goods brand that creates products for slow living. Manual has independently launched over two dozen products, ran over 15 crowdfunding campaigns, has been featured in Wired & Businessweek, and has been sold through Crate & Barrel, CB2, MCA Chicago, The Cooper Hewitt Shop and "the internet".
Craighton has design work in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago; he was the first designer to use Kickstarter to launch a product; he has led courses on design entrepreneurship at UIC and courses on design sketching at SVA, IIT, Iowa State and SAIC, and his drawings are featured in a YouTube video with over 55 million views (it’s big in the elementary school scene).
︎ Craighton on the Transforming Worlds Podcast (2025)
︎ Craighton speaking at the Creativeworks conference (2022)
For inquiries: please email info@craightonberman.com or connect directly at 773-255-8594.
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