Iain Kerr

Biography

Iain Kerr is a professor and designer working at the intersection of creativity, ecology, and emergent systems to make novels worlds possible. His unique approach evolves from over twenty plus years of experimenting across and beyond the zones of Architecture, Design, Ecology, Art, Creativity Studies, Ethnobotany, Food Studies, Systems Thinking, Social Entrepreneurship, Commons Studies and Philosophy. His focus is on designing collective creative processes to transform seemingly intractable problems into problems worth having for worlds worth making.
Iain is the Co-Director of the MIX Lab at Montclair State University.

Education

• BA, University of Texas at Austin
• MA, University of Texas at Austin

Publications

• Book: I. Kerr, J. Frasca (2021). INNOVATING EMERGENT FUTURES The Innovation Design Approach for Change and Worldmaking. Self Pubished
• Textbook: I. Kerr, J. Frasca (2021). The Innovation Design Workbook: Part 2 - Student Edition. Self
• Conference Proceedings: I. Kerr, J. Frasca (2016). What Comes After Design Thinking?. Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers
• Book: I. Kerr (2015). SPURSE, Code Book for Commons.
• Book: I. Kerr (2015). The Eat Your Sidewalk Cookbook.
• Textbook: I. Kerr, J. Frasca (2021). The Innovation Design Workbook: Student Edition - Part One: Introducing The Innovation Design Approach. Self
• Journal Article: I. Kerr, J. Frasca (2016). Making Is Thinking – How Doing Transforms Our Thinking Centric Paradigm Of Innovation And Education. International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces
• Textbook: I. Kerr, J. Frasca (2023). The Innovation Design Ecological Change Workbook: Part 1. Self
• Textbook: I. Kerr, J. Frasca (2023). The Innovation Design Ecological Change Workbook: Part 2. Self
• Journal Article: S. Greenstein, I. Kerr (2025). A "Teaching as Learning" Approach to Teaching Deep Creativity. Laser Journal

Honors & Awards

• Best Overall Poster, Venture Well Conference (March 2018)