Storbeck Search | Diversified Search Group partnered with the University of Texas at Austin to conduct a nationwide search that resulted in the appointment of Karol Murlak as Chair of the Department of Design.

“Professor Murlak comes to us with an international trajectory of projects focused on solving some of the world’s most urgent problems through design methodologies,” said Ramón H. Rivera-Servera, dean of the College of Fine Arts. “Trained in a cross-section of design specializations — from spatial and experience design to industrial design — his work in research and in practice demonstrates the ways design procedure harnesses creative thinking, deep historical and sociological know-how and aesthetics for the greater good. I am excited for his leadership and for his advocacy for the transformational work being advanced by our faculty, staff and students in the Department of Design.”

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