Brandon Gore

Brandon Gore is an award-winning designer, craftsman, and educator who's spent the past two decades turning raw materials into lasting work-and shaping minds along the way. Known for his role as the craftsman judge on Spike TV's Framework, Gore brought honest critique and real-world insight to a national audience. Before that, his furniture design earned him the 2012 Dwell Magazine Award for Best Furniture, and in 2015, he took the TEDx stage to speak on the importance of originality in design. His material of choice is concrete-not because it's trendy, but because it's honest. Difficult. Unforgiving. And when done right, damn near eternal. Brandon has built everything from sculptural furniture to architectural elements, all underpinned by a belief that design should be grounded in both purpose and process. He's taught hundreds of makers through his Concrete Design School, consulted on high-profile architectural projects, and helped develop a crystalline silica-free high-performance concrete mix that's changing the game for health-conscious building. Brandon isn't chasing television. He's chasing better work. But if the right story comes along-one rooted in craft, character, and truth-he'll bring what can't be faked: presence, precision, and a lived-in kind of credibility.