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C. Sven Johnson

Los Angeles, CA

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Product designer with combined management, engineering, industrial design and user interface experience who has worked across a broad spectrum of products; from high-volume, one-piece plastic part consumer products, to low-volume, sophisticated high-tech assemblies; as comfortable sketching as generating complex tooling-ready 3D files, while passionately engaged in the larger design narrative.
Education
- BFA Industrial Design
  
  Cleveland Institute of Art
- B.Sc. Aerospace Engineering
  
  University of Notre Dame
Experience
- Principal Designer
  
  Non-public
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)
  
  Co-founder and principal designer working directly with clients and involved in all aspects of the development process; from contract to production CAD.
- Senior Industrial Designer
  
  Intelligent Product Solutions
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Aug 2010 - Jan 2025 (14 years 5 months)
  
  Senior industrial designer by title but operating in varying capacities from staff designer to design manager; reporting directly to the company's director of industrial design.
  
  I was a remote employee operating in the Los Angeles area for 14+ years, traveling domestically and internationally to manage client projects.
- Professional Design Freelancer
  
  n/a
  
  Jan 2003 - Aug 2010 (7 years 7 months)
  
  Freelance designer working for a variety of clients on projects ranging from industrial design of consumer soft goods & hard goods, to user experience design of online 3D virtual spaces.
- Senior Industrial Designer
  
  Applica, Inc
  
  Shelton, CT
  
  Sep 1999 - Sep 2002 (3 years)
  
  Senior designer assigned to Food Prep, Home Environment, Garment Care, and Specialty product lines under the Black & Decker brand. Involved in all aspects of product development; often including mechanism design, product graphics, and marketing visuals. Acquired additional, significant overseas business experience in China and Mexico while managing product development projects.
- Professional Industrial Design Freelancer
  
  n/a
  
  Akron, OH
  
  May 1999 - Sep 1999 (4 months)
  
  Independent designer with most of my time working for a small startup designing two handheld streaming video display devices.
- Industrial Designer
  
  Rubbermaid Inc
  
  Wooster, OH
  
  Sep 1996 - Sep 1999 (3 years)
  
  Staff designer assigned to hardware, seasonal and cleaning product category teams. Involved in all aspects of product development; from consumer encounters market research to Pro/ENGINEER CAD and Alias surface modeling; from concept ideation to overseas tooling, including product development in both Japan and China.
- Industrial Design Contractor
  
  Babcock & Schmid
  
  OH
  
  May 1994 - Aug 1996 (2 years 3 months)
  
  On-site industrial design contractor primarily responsible for generating product concepts and design control drawings. Significant time spent developing handheld/mobile wireless data collection devices for Telxon, consumer media storage products for Alpha Industries, industrial hardware (welders, spray guns, aso) for Hobart & Accuspray, and lawn products for Ames.
Awards

Multiple Red Dot, iF and Good Design Awards

Asst. Game Master; Superstruct, APF's "Most Important Futures Work of 2008", 2009

Art Director for an Emmy Award Winning Project

Navy Achievement Medal for Management of Ship's Overhaul
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C. Sven Johnson

Branded Environments Project Manager

Industrial Designer, Packaging – Lead