GROWING UP DULUTH, MN, USA
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, MN, USA
GAP YEAR WYOMING, USA + ALASKA, USA
A GLOBAL METROPOLIS CITIZEN CHICAGO, IL, USA
GRADUATE SCHOOL URBANA/CHAMPAIGN, IL, USA
THE URBANIST BERLIN, GERMANY
Urbanist. Researcher + Designer.
Grant Penfield Haugen.
Grant is a Berlin-based interdisciplinary designer and strategist exploring how design, movement and lived experience shape more adaptive and connected ways of inhabiting the world. Trained in landscape architecture and with over 16 years of experience spanning landscape design, urban research, strategic communications and executive support, he brings a uniquely human lens to design – connecting logistics, storytelling and placemaking across scales. Blending the precision of an assistant to c-level suite philanthropists with the curiosity of a global traveler, Grant’s practice uncovers how everyday systems shape human experience—and how intentional design can make those systems more responsive, connected, and alive. He welcomes collaborations that bridge disciplines and imagine new ways of inhabiting the world.