Brian Chesky
San Francisco, CA
About
Co-founder, CEO AirBed & Breakfast. www.airbnb.com. Former Industrial Designer. This portfolio shows my work as an industrial designer. I am still interested in speaking to anyone interested in manufacturing or purchasing design, but I am now devoted full-time to the startup life!
- Experience:
- 5 years
- Education:
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Affiliations:
- IDSA-LA, RISD, MIT
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::Experience::
AIRBED & BREAKFAST, Inc.
San Francisco, Ca
www.airbnb.com
Co-founder and CEO, 2008-Present
BRIAN CHESKY, Inc.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ca
www.brianchesky.com
Principal, 2007-2008
METHOD PRODUCTS, Inc.
San Francisco, Ca
www.methodhome.com
Freelance Industrial Designer, 2006-2007
3DID, Inc.
Los Angeles, Ca
www.3did.com
Industrial designer/strategist, 2005-2007
-Corporate clients include ABC's American Inventor, Disney, Mattel, Hot Wheels, ESPN, DirecTV, Discus Dental, Hasbro, Dreamworks SKG, Digital Domain, and Nyko.
MIT VENTURE STARTUP COMPANY
Boston, Ma
Entrepreneur and Designer, 2004-2006
-Entered product in MIT $10K Entrepreneurship Competition.
RISD Inhouse Design Team
Providence, RI
Industrial Designer, 2004
-Clients included American Power Conversion (APC) and Conair.
TIMBERLAND STUDIO: INVENTION FACTORY
Stratham, NH
www.timberland.com
Designer, 2004
-Developed the concept of the “Smart Shoe”; presented to Timberland’s product development team.
::Education::
Rhode Island School of Design, (RISD) Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Industrial Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT), Boston, Ma.
MIT Sloan Product Design and Development Studio
::Computer::
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Alias Suite (learning), 3D Solidworks, and Microsoft Office.
::Community::
IDSA-LA Task Force Lead
::Awards::
Child Magazine, Best Toy of 2006 Award
2004 Commencement Student Speaker, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
RISD Scholarship Award
