Kate Bingaman-Burt was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1977. She founded Obsessive Consumption in 2002 and has documented her personal consumption in many different mediums. Her first book, Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?, will be published by Princeton Architectural Press in March 2010.

Bingaman-Burt is active in the indie-craft and craftivism movements. She provided all of the illustrations for the book Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design, as well as the promotional materials for the documentary of the same name. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where, along with being an Assistant Professor of graphic design at Portland State University, she also makes piles of work about consumerism (zines! pillows! dresses! drawings! paper chains! photos!).

She happily draws for other good people too: IDEO, Madewell, ReadyMade Magazine, The New York Times and Wieden + Kennedy. Kate also conducts zine workshops and spreads the craftivism word. Her first international zine workshop will occur at the American University in Cairo, Egypt in 2010.