dr johan granberg
Principal Investigator, Anthro-Tech Atelier
Associate Professor, Interior Design, VCUarts Qatar
Dr. Johan Granberg Johan has been engaged with the discipline of design since 1987: as an engineer, an architect, an educator, and a curator. He holds a Masters of Architecture from Chalmers School of Architecture in Gothenburg.
Johan's architectural practice has sought and executed a number of projects ranging from furniture design, exhibit design and graphic design to architecture and urban design. In addition to Johan’s built work, he has been exhibited internationally, received recognition for his participation in international competitions and is a frequent lecturer and critic at design schools and conferences worldwide.
He is currently completing a PhD at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Johan has held the Hyde Chair of Excellence in Architecture at University of Nebraska (2005-06) and was awarded the Rome Prize at the Swedish Institute of Rome (2006-07). In Spring 2005, he was invited by the foreign ministry of Finland to curate and design the Finish-Swedish design exhibition “Transformation” and in 2008 he curated the international design conference “On-Bamboo 08” in Lae, Papua New Guinea.