Scott Henderson is an American designer who heads the New York based design studio Scott Henderson Inc. and is also Principal and Co-Founder of MINT where Scott Henderson designs, manufacturers and distributes home accessory objects to over 350 retailers and museums throughout the world including The Museum of Modern Art and Design Within Reach.
Scott Henderson is known for his ability to transform the mundane. He believes that if something makes you smile it becomes easier to use. With over 50 patents in the U.S. and Europe for projects as diverse as housewares and home accessories to consumer medical products, electronics, even aircraft- Scott Henderson work has been widely recognized in exhibitions, awards programs and in the press.
For instance, Scott Henderson designs have recently been included in the New York Times Magazine's feature on the 20th century's best designs.
Scott Henderson work has been included in I.D. Magazine's Annual Design Review eight times, twice in Metropolitan Home's special issue, The Design 100, it has received four GOLD and two SILVER awards from the BusinessWeek-IDSA Industrial Design Excellence Awards, two GOLD Medical Design Excellence Awards, multiple CES Awards and multiple Good Design Awards.
The Smithsonian Institution's Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum has exhibited work Scott Henderson repeatedly, including six of Henderson's products in their National Design Triennial -- "Inside Design Now".
