Elizabeth Joy Wong
Industrial Designer — New York, NY
About
I am an industrial designer interested in furniture, toy, and product design. I am interested in finding full time employment and freelance.
- Education:
- Pratt Institute
Bauhaus University in Weimar - Awards:
- Work selected by Cappellini to exhibit at the 23rd Annual International Contemporary Funiture Fair: Spring 2011
Finalist for George Kovaks lighting competition 2009 - displayed in New York Design Center
Featured in the PRATT INSTITUTE Design Students EXHIBIT, ANIMAL ABSTRACTIONS
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Resumé
EDUCATION:
Pratt Institute: Bachelors of Industrial Design
BID 2011 with highest honors
Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany:
Foreign Exchange Spring of 2010
School of the Art Institute of Chicago:
Early College Program 2006
WORK EXPERIENCE:
0 to 1: Summer 2011 to present
Furniture design -designing furniture from concept to production.
Architectural installation - working directly with architect for specific installation projects
Marketing - Brainstorming marketing strategies for the company
Pickett Furniture: Spring 2011
Intern:
Marketing strategies
Filming and Editing Video
Woodworking
Networking
TENET: Spring 2011
Intern:
Fabricated custom designed metal furniture for store merchandise
Store design strategies and consultations
GirlApproved: Design firm: Fall 2010
Intern: marketing, networking, and illustrations
Wong and Associates Inc: Landscape Architecture Firm: Summer 2008 Assistant: drafting and illustrations
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Work selected by Cappellini to exhibit at the 23rd Annual International Contemporary Funiture Fair: Spring 2011
Work featured in numerous design and environmental blogs such as: Core77, Treehugger, Current, Ecofriend, and Designsponge
Work featured in the Animal Abstraction Exhibition in
Relative Space New York City Fall 2009
Finalist for George Kovacs lighting competition
Spring 2009 displayed in New York Design Center
Presidential List Honors Recipient
Fall 2007 to Spring 2011
Presidential Award Scholarship for Pratt Institute
2007-2011
SKILLS:
Computer:
Proficient in Solidworks, Adobe Suite, Processing, FinalCut, Sketchbook, and Microsoft Office Suite
Prototyping:
Ideation sketching, presentation renderings, laser cutting,
soft goods, model making using metal, wood, foam, other materials and various finishing techniques
Knowledge:
Manufacturing processes and materials and experience
working with local manufacturers
Computer:
Proficient in Solidworks, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Sketchbook, Microsoft Office Suite
Familiar with Illustrator, HTML, Processing, and FinalCut
Prototyping:
Ideation sketching, presentation renderings, laser cutting, mold making, slip casting, hand sewing, model making using metal, wood, foam, other materials and various finishing techniques
Knowledge:
Manufacturing processes and materials and experience
working with some local manufacturers
