Resumé

Gretel Schwartzott
83 Locust Ave
Scarsdale NY 10583
gretel@levelarch.com 9176136602

Objective
My objective is to improve the standards and increase sustainability among my fellow humans.

Professional Experience

Level Architecture and Design 2010-present
Partner/Designer/ Manager

Design Services Furniture Design and Architectural Interiors
Business Management, Financial & Strategic Planning
Presentation and Graphics CAD Services
Operations Management for 3D Services (Laser Cutting, Model Making, Rapid Prototyping, Stereolithography)
Mentoring and Managing Interns Art and Design Professions
Art and Design Studio Workshops


Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners 2003-2010
Manager

Creating Budgets and Drafting Project Proposals
Managing and Staffing Projects
Ordering and Stocking Materials/Handling Suppliers/Outsourcing
Design Graphic Services, Presentation, CAD Services
Streamlining and Expanding Large Scale Modelshop
Laser Specialist, CAD adaption for 3D, Laser Technician, Rapid Prototyping Sterolithography
Managing Interns Mentoring College Level Interns in typical design Applications

ARO Architectural Research Office 2003

Design Consultant for the Winning Submission for the Motown Museum Competition.

WP Industrial Design Products 2003

Product Designer / Design Consultant for Promotional Office Products, Conception to Manufacture. Presentation Package to Manufacturer

Raphael Vinoly Architects 2002

Design Consultant for the Think Team World Trade Center Proposal; one of five Teams chosen to submit ideas for the Tower Design.

Rockwell Group 2001-2003

Design Consultant Assisting Architects on Projects including THINK Team
Proposal, Furniture design for the DIFFA table, Destiny NY, Buddha Bar, Seminole Paradise and Emeril’s Buckhead
Design consultant for Set Design for Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof & Film Team America

Archit-X a+d LLC architecture and design 1998-2002
Partner/ Designer

Budgeting, Marketing and Sales; coordinate branding and promotional materials
Furniture/Product/Exhibit Design: sketching, rendering, drafting, scale models, pattern building and finishing, coordinating and presenting to manufacturers and prospective clients
Architecture and Interiors: Design, field work, construction documents, construction details, fast track scheduling, construction budgeting.

Set Shop 1995
A Scenic Painter for 10,000 sq ft set shop. Duties included Color Mixing, Color Matching & Layout.

R&F Encaustics 1990-1994
Paint Maker and Color Development with Master Paint maker Richard Frumass learning the trade of mixing and milling traditional encaustic paint and development of a newer medium Pigment Sticks
Taught adult workshops on encaustic and pigment stick techniques

Artpark 1987-1990
1987-1988 Taught various Art techniques to Children, Adults and Disabled students including Enameling, Pottery (wheel), Papermaking, Glassblowing and Bronze Casting
1989-1990Artist assistant at the State funded Park for the Arts during summer seasons. Small and large scale projects including welding, glassblowing, ceramics, fiber arts, jewelry and more.


Education

Niagara County Community College 1987-89
-Early Admissions Fine Arts Program
-Foundation classes

Daemon College 1987-89
-Early Admissions Fine Arts Program
-Foundation classes

State University of New York at New Paltz 1989-1992
-Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
-Painting Major Sculpture Minor
-Graduated with honors Cum Laude, Merit Award Visual Arts

Pratt Institute School of Design 1999-2001
-Masters in Industrial Design- (MID)
-Graduated with honors Suma Cum Laude


Awards, Honors, Competitions, Other

2002-2010 Guest Critic-Yale School of Architecture Furniture Design Final review
2002-2010 Guest Critic-Yale School of Architecture Cast Aluminum Final Review Panel
2008 Honorable Mention- Humanscale Faces in the Wild competition
2006 South Point Competition NYC Roosevelt Island
2006 Honorable Mention Humanscale Faces in the Wild competition
2005 Park Avenue Green, Marco Island FL ideas Competition Finalist


Gretel Schwartzott
83 Locust Ave
Scarsdale NY 10583
gretel@levelarch.com 9176136602

Awards, Honors, Competitions, Other

2004 Canstruction NYC Winner Best Meal Team Leader for Beyer Blinder Belle
2004 Winner - Humanscale Faces in the Wild competition
2002 Winner of Graphis Design Annual 2002 Furniture Design Tonus Set
2002 ICFF Archit-X A+D Booth
2001 MOSAIC Foundation Finalist
2001 Winner of Village of Roslyn Harbor Local Safe Streets Competition
2001 Pentagon Memorial Competition
2001 Salone di mobile- Milan Italy Pratt Booth / 1 of 8 students selected to display furniture in Milan
2000 Gowanus Highway Competition
2000 International Contemporary Furniture Fair Pratt Booth Competition one of 10 students selected to display furniture
1999 International Contemporary Furniture Fair Pratt Booth one of 12 students selected to display furniture

Publications
Axis Magazine 01/2002 Dromus Chair
Contract Design Magazine 07/2002 Triad Table
Interior Design Magazine 11/2002 Dromus Chair
Graphis design Annual 2002 Tonus set
Case da Abitare 06/2001 Orbit chair
IBM cooperate Publication 07/2001 Graphic Illustration
Memo Magazine 07/2001 Tonus set
Graphis #328 08/2000 Orbit Chair
Design Diffusion News 10/1998 Ninus Chair
IBM Corporate Handout 8/1998 Various Illustrations

Shows and Exhibits of Visual Art
New Prospect Café 1995 Works on Paper solo exhibit Brooklyn NY
Group Show ’LOFT” 1995 Oil and Collage Brooklyn NY
Earthworks 1995 Collage on Paper NYC
New Prospect Cafe 1996 Paintings solo exhibit in Brooklyn NY
Group Show 1997 Kent Avenue Brooklyn NY
New Prospect Cafe 1997 Oil on Canvas solo exhibit Brooklyn NY
Earthworks 1995 Collage Brooklyn NY
New Prospect Cafe 1998 Works on Paper solo exhibit in Cafe
New Prospect Cafe 1999 Works on Paper solo exhibit in Cafe
Art Market Ithaca NY 1999 Small works on Paper group exhibit
Skull a Day Virginia 2011 3-d Collage in group show

Skills and Strengths

Conceptualization / Color / Critical Thinking / Ideation / Model Making / Prototyping / Sketching / Welding Mig-Arc/ Brazing / Mold Making / Metal Work / Problem Solving / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe CS / Illustrator / AutoCAD / PowerPoint / 3D Studio MAX / Macromedia Flash & Dreamweaver

References Available upon request

Projects by Gretel Schwartzott