3d Printing & Technology in the design process Brutheford grew up in a traditional shop environment but started working with CAD software and Rapid prototyping equipment in 1999. He's got a healthy  mix of old school and new school technical skills. When he isn't working for a corporate client he's in his own shop making fun stuff or teaching other people how to make stuff. Often working as a consultant to design and build new creative offices or maker spaces as well as being a professor of Industrial Design, formerly at Pratt Institute and  NJIT, currently at The Michael Graves College at Kean University