For more than 40 years Tom Newhouse has been designing furniture, lighting, major appliances
and other products as the owner/principal of an industrial design firm in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. Prior to 1978 he was a member of the corporate design staff of Herman Miller Inc. He
holds a degree in industrial design from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. His
design studio practice since the late 70’s has focused on environmentally sustainable design
solutions. Tom & his wife Jill live in a low energy consumption, passive solar, earth sheltered,
green roof residence/design studio just west of Grand Rapids, which Tom designed and built in
1978. He is now retired from his industrial design practice, and has transitioned his studio to
fine art, specifically sculpture. He also draws in pencil, en plein air, as he and Jill travel.
