Natalie DuBrow

Natalie DuBrow serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at Northwestern University's Segal Design Institute, leveraging 25+ years of industry experience to bridge creative innovation with practical manufacturing. Her expertise focuses on developing consumer products specifically for children, tweens, and teenagers across diverse retail channels.

Her academic credentials include:

• MS in Product Design and Development Management, Northwestern University
• BFA in Illustration and Design, Northern Illinois University

Natalie's professional philosophy centers on human-centered design principles, where she combines analytical rigor with creative vision to transform conceptual ideas into meaningful market-ready products. Her specialty lies in identifying unmet needs within youth consumer markets and developing solutions that balance functionality, aesthetics, and manufacturability.

As part of the Segal Design Institute ecosystem, she contributes to programs fostering societal innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration. While specific advising activities aren't documented, her industry background directly informs her teaching approach in product development curricula. The institute supports student innovation through design certificates, the MaDE undergraduate program, and active student design groups operating from their Evanston facility.