Kenn Busch
Kenn Busch is a journalist and architectural photographer based in Madison, Wisconsin. He is dedicated to bridging the knowledge gap between materials and sustainability for furniture and interior architecture. He has created and delivered dozens of certified CEUs for architects, designers, and design students, and organized and spoken at industry conferences in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. He has also curated material education exhibits at trade shows like SICAM in Italy, NeoCon in Chicago, and KBIS in Las Vegas.
Since 1990 he has edited and published several magazines in the furniture and materials markets, reaching readers in North America, Europe, and Asia. Bringing an international perspective to regional design challenges has become one of his trademarks, along with introducing materials suppliers to innovative ideas from other materials categories.
A journalist and the founder of Material Intelligence, sustainability subject matter expert, and founder of Climate Positive NOW, an organization promoting building materials that go beyond achieving net-zero carbon emissions by sequestering more carbon than was released in their manufacture and use. Wood-based “Climate Positive” materials benefit the environment by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as no other building material produced at scale can.
Busch also offers a deep-dive materials resource for interior designers, architects, manufacturers, and design students and educators with material guides, CEUs, and extensive coverage of global design fairs through his Material Intelligence website. Additionally, he contributes to design and construction industry media outlets and creates educational content sharing insights on global materials, accessories, and components trends, with an emphasis on “climate positive” elements.