Anne Filson

Anne Filson is an architect, educator, and co-founder of the architecture, design, and research firm Filson and Rohrbacher. In 2009, she and Gary Rohrbacher launched AtFAB to research and design for distributed manufacturing and digital fabrication. Filson began her career working for renowned architecture and design offices, including Rem Koolhaas’ Office for Metropolitan Architecture and the design consultancy, IDEO. She writes and speaks on design, maker culture, entrepreneurship, and the social and economic potentials of distributed manufacturing. She has a BA in Art History from Smith College and Master of Architecture from Columbia University. She teaches architecture, design thinking, and entrepreneurship at the University of Kentucky College of Design. Filson has led the development of AtFAB’s collaborative design and production methods, as well as the development of its interactive, parametric tools. Prior to forming the exercises and projects in Make: Design for CNC, AtFAB furniture designs have been downloaded and locally fabricated by thousands of makers around the globe. At the same time, its design and technical innovations have been widely published, and recognized in venues as varied as the World Economic Forum Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, France’s Centre National des Arts Plastiques, and the V&A Gallery in the Shekou Design Museum.