Overview
Dustin Anderson
Overview
Dustin Anderson
“You don’t have to understand what someone is going through to understand that they are going through it.”
- Dustin Anderson on Mental Health
b.1979
Waco, TX
Businesses
Anderson Glass LLC
D1 Design Group LLC
Dustin Anderson was born and raised in Waco, Texas, the son of a second-generation glazier. Dustin's father, Earl, raised Dustin and his brother, Eric, around the family glass business. Dustin's mother, Becky, taught him to be creative and artistic in everything he did. She showed him that he could add a piece of himself to anything he worked on if he wanted to.
Dustin went to school in the small Texas town of Lorena just south of Waco. He attended Lorena schools from kindergarten through his senior year. After graduating, Dustin attended a local community college but gave school up to focus on a career in retail management. Dustin was the youngest operations manager in Texas at 19 years old working for a major electronics retailer. At 21, Dustin found himself between jobs and went to work for his father, for what Earl called a “few weeks.” During this time Dustin identified a need for him in the family business.
Dustin bought into his father’s glass business in 2001. Anderson Glass grew rapidly under the father/son team. The company went from a small, one-truck business to an active four-truck operation. In 2014, Earl sold his stake in the company to Dustin and Dustin took over the business completely.
Dustin became a regular artisan on the hit HGTV show Fixer Upper as Chip and Joanna Gaines's resident glass guy. The relationship with Chip and Joanna dated back eight years before the show’s premiere, so naturally Anderson Glass was a great fit for the show. Dustin's ability to take designs to reality created some incredible projects for the show while making him an audience favorite. In late April of 2024, Dustin announced the closing of Anderson Glass.
Dustin also tapped into his creative side by establishing a design company. D1 Design Group caters to Division I sports programs by designing and creating spaces that augment programs’ top notch facilities and also help with recruiting. In addition, the design company helps large businesses through project design of logos all the way to facility upgrades.
In addition, Dustin has engaged multiple industries around the country by speaking on current topics like mental health, hiring and retaining the younger generation, as well as how it often makes sense to prioritize one’s industry over company branding.
Titles
Titles
Accomplishments
2010
Invention of the Frameless Assist
Partnership with C.R.Laurence
2011
Invention of the Magnetic Assist
Partnership with C.R.Laurence
2012
Invention of the Perfect Reveal
Partnership with c.r.Laurence
Invention of the Frameless Hinge Jig
Partnership with c.r.laurence
2015
Debuts on Fixer Upper
HGTV
2016
Express Learning Speaker
Glassbuild | las vegas
2017
2018
Lorena High School Commencement Speaker
Lorena High School Graduation | Ferrell Center
IGMA Conference Speaker
Tuscon, AZ
Executive Glazing Forum Speaker
Express Learning Speaker
GLASSBUILD | Las vegas
Auto Glass Week Speaker
San Antonio, TX
2019
Express Learning Speaker
Glassbuild | Atlanta
Glass Expo Northeast
New York, NY
Glass Expo Rocky Mountain
DENVER, CO
Glass Texpo
San Antonio, TX
Glazing Corporate Retreat
grand alberta, canada
STEM School Guest Speaker
Dallas, tx
2022
Mental Health Forum