Don Stiff

Senior Industrial Designer | Skullcandy Inc. — Park City, UT

About

Graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
with a strong background in industrial design/product design and transportation design. Client list includes such brands as: Skullcandy, Vizio, Duracell, SC Johnson (ziploc), Samsung, Hitachi, USA Wireless and SimpleTech

Experience:
5 years
Education:
Art Center College of Design
Affiliations:
IDSA
Awards:
Art Center College of Design Student Gallery

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CONTACT | donstiff@gmail.com


EDUCATION
2004-2008 | Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.
undergraduate-product design

2001-2003 | Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA.
Associate Applied Art-industrial design

EXPERIENCE

April2013 to Present |
Skullcandy
Park City, UT.
Senior Industrial Designer

July2010 to March2013 |
Skullcandy
Park City, UT.
Mid Level Designer

May2008 to July2010 |
Stuart Karten Design
Marina Del Rey, CA.
Designer

2007 |
Stuart Karten Design
Design Internship
Involvement in mulpitle stages of product development including concept skecthing, research and renderings for a diverse range of products and clients.

2007|
SRAM corp.
Sponsored Project - Art Center College of Design

2006 |
Casaventura Imports Inc.
Freelance graphic design project - development of wine labels for three seperate Spanish wines in preperation for 2006 importation and distribution.

2003 |
Studio Lux
Seattle Interior Show 2003
Trade show design - collaborated on developement of design, construction and installation of trade show exihibit for Seattle area lighting designer Studio Lux.

2003 |
Honda R&D
Honda sponsored project S2000
Team leader of 1/4 scale chavant clay modeling project, redesigning and modeling the Honda S2000 sportscar.

SKILLS
-excellent visual communication skills: sketching, traditional rendering in all media.

-digital (photoshop) rendering and presentation skills.

-3D modeling-8+ years experience in both Alias Studio Tools as well as Solidworks.

-modelmaking and prototyping: experience in sketch modeling, 3D printing(FDM, Z-Corp, SLA, Objet), and CNC machining.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

-work daily on both Macintosh and PC formats

-PROGRAMS: Adobe Creative Suite, Solidworks, Keyshot, Keynote, Microsoft Office



Projects by Don Stiff