children's ride on toy

Art Center College of Design - 1989

Bachelor of Science Industrial Design, majoring in Product Design Graduating with Honors in 1989. This is a small selection of work from my time as a student. Although technology has …

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General Motors - 1993

Creative Designer General Motors Design Staff, Detroit Michigan. Instrumentation Design Studio, Advanced Interior Studio, Truck Interior Studio, Corporate Identity and Exhibit Design Studios. Fortunate to be recruited directly from college …

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Philps Iron

Evans & Sutherland - 1993

Surface Specialist Evans and Sutherland, Munich, Germany. A colleague from Art Center invited me to join a team that was developing the first surface modeling software used in the production …

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Ford Europe - 1995

CAD Training Director Ford Europe, Germany, England. Development and implementation of Ford Europe digital design-training program. In 1995 Parametric Technology Corporation purchased the surface modeling program CDRS and offered me …

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hair dryer

Design Initiative LLC - 1997

Design Initiative LLC Munich, Detroit, San Francisco. Leveraging my extensive experience in surface modeling I became a founding member of Design Initiative, a small innovative Industrial Design consulting group specializing …

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California College of the Arts - 2002

Adjunct Professor California College of the Arts, San Francisco. In an effort to improve the results of their Industrial Design program CCA enrolled me to design and teach a foundation …

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Shopping at Target - 2004

My first art series Shopping at Target seemed like a natural since their remake several years ago Target had become sort of hip with name brand designers and remodeled interiors. …

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Shopping at IKEA - 2005

The odd thing about my second series is that although IKEA lets people photograph inside their store for decorating ideas, I was so used to photographing surreptitiously that I continued …

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Fast Food - 2006

With the more kinetic energy that is experienced while eating at a fast food place I returned to the more Cinéma vérité style that I began with the “Shopping at …

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Suburban Series - 2007

Initially moving to Carmichael and exploring the surrounding suburbs I thought that every area had a similar look to it. But as my eye became accustomed to the suburban environment …

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Poetic Color - 2008

This body of work is based on the Science of Color Theory. The works are categorized by one-word mood descriptions. Also presented in catalogue form this series is intended for …

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Dermcoach LLC - 2010

Utilizing my product design experience and teaming up with a licensed skin care professional, I co-founded Dermcoach Esthetic Institute as a resource center for licensed professionals offering the highest quality …

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