Fellow:Ben Riddle

Benjamin Riddle
Furman University Innovation Fellow
Design Maverick, Future Partners

Benjamin Riddle is a Duke Scholar at Furman University where he works with the Office of the President to explore design thinking and social entrepreneurship as strategies for engaged learning. Ben has represented Furman at the HPI School of Design Thinking’s d.convestival, and brought Cannon Design, the Associated Colleges of the South, and two Furman departments together to create Design for Social Change, an interdisciplinary course that serves as a model for reinvigorating the liberal arts through design. He has also launched POP Studio – a social design studio for public works projects.

From TEDx events to community celebrations, fashion shows to multi-million dollar fundraising campaigns, Ben creates events and experiences that connect networks to create shared value. He has worked with Greenville Forward, TEDxGreenville, and is the founding curator of TEDxFurmanU. Ben is currently working with the TED Breaker Project’s global team to explore “The Future of Stuff” at the Stanford d.school.