about

Bock-Aronson Design (BAD) Studio is the art, design, and engineering practice of Max Bock-Aronson.

Since 2015, Max has focused on creating better tools for public health and safety in an effort to expand individual and communal capacity and health. He was the principal designer for the B2 Mask – a TIME Best Invention in 2020 - and has worked with clients including L'Oreal, Mayo Clinic, and Medtronic to name a few. Through his design work, Max is a named inventor on 11 patents and three patents-pending.

Max was born and raised in South Minneapolis, and holds a Masters in Design Engineering from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UW–Madison.

Design Principles

Healthcare as a right

Every person deserves access to the basic medicine, tools, and services that enhance quality of life. Design should dismantle the barriers to access and support thriving people and communities.

Bias toward openness

Strive to share work as transparently as possible (with respect to individual privacy), from open financial models and reporting to open-source design plans.

Circularity as a basis

Seek solutions that consider ecological impact before profit and aim to close the material loop via design solutions that Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle.

Community-centered

The best solutions are produced by those directly facing a problem. Designers should listen first, and serve as a crafter, curator, and conduit for the people.

Technology as empowerment

Consider how technologies can (and do) entrench and retrench systems of oppression. Ask, how might technology be repurposed to propagate more just outcomes?