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Resume

GENERAL BACKGROUND

B.Sc. Aerospace Engineering (4 years)
B.F.A. Industrial Design (5 years)

Pro/E
Alias
Maya
and a variety of other relevant applications

Outstanding English communication skills
Moderate fluency in German

Additional professional training in a number of diverse sub specialties (e.g. law enforcement communication systems, refrigeration systems/HVAC, electrical switchboards and emergency power generation, firefighting and suppression systems, maritime engineering systems, CAD modeling, consumer encounters market research, aso).


WORK HISTORY

Currently employed with Intelligent Product Solutions. For additional information, please visit my LinkedIn Profile - http://www.linkedin.com/in/csven


AWARDS

Asst. Game Master; Superstruct, APF's "Most Important Futures Work of 2008", 2009
Art Director for Emmy Award Winning MTV Virtual World Project, 2006
Excellence in Design, Appliance Manufacturer Runner-Up, Kitchen Products, 2001
Individual Achievement Award, Applica Consumer Products, 2000
Ford Motor Company Industrial Design Scholarship, 1993-94
Fisher-Price Industrial Design Scholarship, 1992-93
Cleveland Institute of Art Competition Scholarship, May 1992
General Motors Corporation Industrial Design Scholarship, 1991-92
Navy Achievement Medal for Management of Ship's Overhaul, May 1987
Navy ROTC Scholarship, May 1981


INTERVIEWS

"Sven Johnson - industrial designer and futurist writer", MakerCulture in the Making, November 2009 - http://makingmakers.posterous.com/sven-johnson-industrial-designer-and-futurist

"Featured Design Pro: C. Sven Johnson", The Symbiosis Design Blog, November 2009 - http://thesymbiosisdesignblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/featured-design-pro-c-sven-johnson

"Designer Q&A with C. Sven Johnson", Design Droplets; February 2009 - http://designdroplets.com/designer-qa/designer-qa-sven-johnson

"interview: Sven Johnson: Designing Information", ishush, May 2006 - http://ishush.blogspot.com/2006/05/interview-sven-johnson-designing.html


REFERENCES/ENDORSEMENTS

"Sven was clearly the most creative of the group of 7 and is one of the most creative designers I have ever worked with. His ideas combined both innovative approaches to product design with a keen sense of what is possible to manufacture." - Brian Guptill, Executive Vice President; Euro-pro, January 2009

"Sven brings a very powerful perspective to Industrial Design work due to his knowledge of engineering concepts and processes. Most industrial designers do not have this depth of knowledge that Sven offers. ... It is a very rare person that can design aesthetic solutions that are also strong from an engineering perpective." - Jonathan Mandell, Senior Research Designer, S.C. Johnson; January 2009

"It turns out that the increasing detail of 3D objects in virtual environments makes it possible to think of them not simply as game objects, but as digital prototypes -- and 3D printers are the tool of choice for turning the prototypes into real objects. WorldChanging ally C. Sven Johnson is at the forefront of this movement." - Jamais Cascio, Senior Contributing Editor, WorldChanging.com; Feb 2006

"deepest thinker of 3D virtual/meatspace stuff so far" - Michael Frumin, Technical Director, Eyebeam R&D OpenLab; Jan 2006