The Duffy Speaker Series is presented by Wayne State University's James Pearson Duffy Department of Art, Art History, and Design. Free and open to the public, the Duffy Speaker Series invites distinguished artists and designers to campus to address students and the art community for lectures, reviews and studio visits. Seating is first come, first serve.

Brian Kritzman’s experimental design work is recognized and published by I.D. Magazine, Interiors, and Metropolitan Home; as well as the books Architecture and Design 1970 to 1990 New Ideas in America, Cranbrook Design The New Discourse and Product Design 6.

Originally trained as a traditional cabinetmaker, he established a studio dedicated to the art of fine furniture. Kritzman earned his BFA in industrial design from Wayne State University and his MFA in design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

It was during Kritzman’s MFA studies that he began exploring the poetics resulting from the dissection and reconfiguration of language, meaning and the formal aspects of telegraphing these experiences. Kritzman has lectured on his work at Carnegie Mellon and Indiana University, among others.

His constructed environments, designed objects and sculptures are built and exhibited around the world. Examples of Kritzman’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Science and the Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum.

In addition to his accomplishments as a designer and sculptor he has also held faculty positions at The College for Creative Studies and Cranbrook Academy of Art.