Duane McLemore, AIA is the co-founder with Katherine Voorhies of Xover0.com (X Over Zero), a design studio specializing in computationally-designed jewelry. This includes the Geoheart pendant worn by Joey King during the filming of upcoming Netflix feature Uglies, based on the New York Times Bestselling book series by Scott Westerfeld. The necklace is integral to the plot.

Duane’s creative practice and academic research engage with computational design, complex geometries, and advanced fabrication. In addition to many tools for the design of geometrically-complex jewelry, he is the author of Horta, a Grasshopper component library for the generation of Space Group Symmetries and Leafcutter - a library for preprocessing meshes for concrete 3d printing.

Duane has presented his research internationally at ACADIA, ARCC, CAAD Futures, CAADRIA, DCA, and BTES. He has given guest lectures at the George Washington University Innovation Center and St. Mary's College Maryland. He has has taught at Mississippi State University, Woodbury University, Pasadena City College, and Cal Poly Pomona.

He was a Board Member of the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design from 2011-15, serving as Vice President in 2014-15. Duane was an editor of the 2018 Los Angeles Forum Reader. He is the recipient of the 2017-18 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Associated Students of Woodbury University.