Resumé

Hector Silva
[toy designer / industrial designer]
hector.silva8@gmail.com
 
EDUCATION
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of Art + Design Industrial Design
BFA - Spring 2009
 
EMPLOYMENT
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DesignLab
Chicago, IL
Industrial Designer
August 2010 - Present
Working to develop a new product by first identifying white space on the shelves of stores like Bed Bath and Beyond, Crate and Barrel, Home Depot, Target, Toys R Us, and Wal-Mart. Once opportunities areas have been identified, with the help of a team will develop initial concepts for validation. Concepts will quickly develop into working prototypes and full market opportunity and business plans will be created. Working with great minds such as Gordon Segal, Keith Jaffe, Scott Herbst and Walter Herbst.
H Design
Chicago, IL
Design Consultant
August 2008 - Present
H Design offers market research, product audits, brainstorming, strong communication with the client, concept generation and tons of sketching digitally on Wacom Cintiq 12wx and 21ux. The designs go through different stages of sketching, research and finally ending with a final presentation with marketable solutions. Worked with the following clients: CHEERFUL CHILD / FEB 2009 - MAY 2009 NICKELODEON / MAY 2009 - AUG 2009 LUND & COMPANY / AUG 2009 - JAN 2010 INSIGHT PD / SEPT 2010 - OCT 2010 LEAPFROG / DEC 2011 - JAN 2012
IDSA Chicago
Chicago, IL
Student Liaison
January 2010 - Present
As Student Liaison, I educate students on the importance of association and value of each IDSA Chicago event. I help students to the best of my abilities with portfolio, resume, design process, networking, interview questions that they might have. I travel to Universities and Colleges in the Midwest District to lecture on Entrepreneurship, Portfolio Reviews and promoting IDSA Chicago in general. I associate with design professionals to keep them in touch with students - my role fills the gap between professionals and students.
Insight Product Development
Chicago, IL Industrial
Design Consultant
September 2010 - October 2010
Design consultant for research based design firm who helped with the design process and aesthetic and ergonomic form development.
Lund & Company Toy Invention
River Forest, IL
Toy Design Consultant
August 2009 - January 2010
Worked as a design toy inventor for one of Chicago's best toy invention's firms. Worked on at least twelve (12) design toy projects from blue sky to model making to SolidWorks, etc. Lund's biggest clients Hasbro, Fisher-Price, and Mattel gave me a bigger perspective of toy design and innovation. Worked closely with the engineer's to create robotic toys and animated products.
TOMY
Oak Brook Terrace, IL
Junior Toy Design Intern
May 2008 - August 2008
Worked for the Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Series during my tenure at RC2 summer of 2008. I helped designed cargo and mock ups using foam core and modeling foam. Had the opportunity to use Rhino to make some design changes for Thomas & Friends stations and cargos. Helped make and build packaging mock ups for Super Why! Was briefly involved in the Lamaze team and designed some toy concepts for them.
 
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
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Disability + Relevant Design "We Are Able" Edited by Dr. Deana McDonagh Chapter written by Hector Silva Book published January 2011
2009 Metaphase Design Group Award for Ergonomics and Aesthetics Industrial Design
Student Show The Process and Design of ID - February 2008 Link Gallery, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
IDSA Professional Member - Chicago Chapter Industrial Design Society of America
IDSA Chicago Chapter Student Liaison November 2009 - Present
IDSA Student Member Industrial Design Society of America UIUC chapter, 2006 - 2009
 
SKILLS
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Adobe Creative Suite 4, Rhino 4, Solidworks 2009, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2009 - 2010, Corel Painter 11, Bunkspeed Hypershot Quick ideation sketching abilities, rapid concept development, user task analysis and rapid prototyping. An understanding of aesthetics, ergonomics, production, ethnography, and materials/processing - manufacturing.

Projects by Hector Silva

product_sketches
36 Files

basics_exercises
16 Files

tilt_n_play
24 Files

shoes
2 Files

toy_sketches
19 Files

solar_decathlon
19 Files

pokemon
30 Files

other
20 Files