THE COMPANY
AT Designs is the most diversely accomplished Woodworking Firm in Los Angeles, CA. Owner, Aaron Turner and his team specialize in Custom Cabinetry Building, Finishing + Restoration, Fabrication + Design, and Boat Building + Restoration.
THE OWNER
Aaron Turner is a multifaceted designer, fabricator and consultant who works with his hands to bring any vision to life. Aaron has over 30 years working with the top leaders in the industry. His experience includes consulting, designing, fabricating, restoring and building.
EducatioNAL IMPACT
Having had teachers impact Aaron’s own life — he started teaching in the community to make a difference in the lives of others.
Aaron has taught toy design to architecture students at UCLA.
Aaron worked at the Exploratory as a Creative Director and wood-working fellow teaching boat building — STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Education. He fused his design and building skills to help develop ground breaking curriculum to be used in public and private classrooms as well as camps, institutions, museums, and kids groups.
Having taught woodworking and design to all ages and levels gave him the ability to easily and effectively communicate and explain at any level the project at hand.
ARTIST EXPERIENCE
Aaron has studied with, worked for, and/or designed for the following:
Robert Gober, Robert Rauschenberg, Darryl Pottorf, Richard Serra, Dorthea Rockburne, Doug Aitken, Mark Grotjahn, Aaron Curry, Ann Hamilton, Charles Ray, Richard Meier, Claus Oldenburg, David Hockney, Matthew Day Jackson, Sophie Calle, Thomas Houseago, Elizabeth Murray, Frank Gehry, Andrea Gill, Anne Currier, Jessie Shefrin, Wayne Higby, Barbara Kruger, Adrian Saxe, Jasper Johns, Michael Swaine, Edgar Heap of Birds, Ed Ruscha, Jonas Wood, Jennifer Bolande, Phyllis Green, Ross Bleckner, Ellsworth Kelly, Jonathan Borofsky, Brice Marden, Bruce Nauman
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Aaron has spoken at the Ibex Conference, a Nation-wide Nautical Boating Conference, about design collaboration between naval architects and designers. To book Aaron to speak at your conference, contact Aarondeanturner@gmail.com. Please email for extended resume.