Department of Applied Design

Education

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK. 

• Master of Fine Art, Furniture Design, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN.

Teaching and Research Interest(s)

• As an educator, Mr. Ladwig has a history of highlighting and documenting student success through external validation. Student projects from his courses have won more than 120 awards in local, regional, national, and international competitions. He has presented topics on design pedagogy at national and international conferences with a focus on technological integration and disciplinary expertise.

• As a maker, Sam is interested in bridging the gap between custom hand-crafted work and production furniture with sensitivity to material sourcing, embodied energy, and biodegradability and their impact on the local and global environment.

Professional Affiliation(s)

• The Furniture Society (TFS)

• International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD)

• Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)

Publication(s) and/or Exhibition(s)

• "The Dean’s Shelf", “H-Line Night Stands”, and “Y-Line Desk”, Art Now Exhibition, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, OK. 2021

• “Design Practice” Entry and “Packaging Design” Entry, Contributing Author with Amy Johnson, The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, Edited by: Clive Edwards, Loughborough University ISBN: 9781472521576, 2016

• "U-Line sofa table and night stands" and “Y-Line sofa table”, Rooted: Creating a Sense of Place, hardcover, Edited by: Furniture Society, ISBN-13: 978-0764349485, 2015

Something Fun

• Sam played guitar with the industrial metal band Ministry during the 1992 Lollapalooza Tour.

Additional Work Samples