Resumé

PETERSCHMIDT INDUSTRIALDESIGN
w: www.coroflot.com/idpete
e: PeterSchmidt_ID@hotmail.com
p: 312.330.1293

Professional Experience

Peter Schmidt Industrial Design
February 2011-Present

M-Audio / Digidesign (Avid Technologies)
Senior Industrial Designer
February 2006-February 2011
Developing digital audio products for the Music Instrument industry.

Industrial Designer
July 2005-January 2006
Worked on a per project basis at various Chicago firms (Radius Product Development, Ignite, USA Inc., Herbst LaZar Bell Inc.) as well as directly with clients of my own

Radius Product Development
August 2004-June 2005
Full-time Contract Industrial Design Position
• Assisted on various projects with research, brainstorming, conceptual sketching in a team environment
• Developed control drawings in Graphite, photo realistic renderings in PhotoShop, and 3-D models in Rhino

International Research Sabbatical through Southeast Asia and India
December 2003-July 2004
Pursued my passion for foreign culture by traveling through Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and India, acquiring a better understanding of global trends and emerging markets, as well as volunteering with children at schools and orphanages

Spark Design Services
April 2001-December 2003
Industrial Designer, developing consumer products in hardware and housewares industries
Small office environment has been critical in experiencing all areas of responsibility such as:
• Various forms of research such as behavior mapping and consumer shadowing and interviewing
• Taking part in group brainstorm sessions as well as sketching independently to develop concepts
• Creating high end renderings and presentation materials with Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator
• Meeting with clients to present design concepts as well as maintaining contact throughout the project
• Interacting one on one with engineer and vendors to finalize designs and complete prototypes
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously and meeting strict deadlines
• Managing freelance designers and interns

Contract Industrial Designer
September 2000-April 2001
Freelance design work at various Chicago firms (Tres Design Group, Product Development Technologies, Inc., Beyond Design, Inc.)

2001 "Joy of Use" Workshop
August 2000 (Berlin,Germany)
Worked with Siemens's Innovation and Interface Teams, trend scouts, and various designers to develop a communication tool of the future for the "Cool Dynamics" target user group for exhibition at the CeBIT Exposition in March of 2001 in Hannover, Germany

Corporate Sponsored Student Projects
Summer 2000 (Berlin, Germany)
Partnered with a German student in cooperation with Siemens on a communication device of the future for the CeBIT Expo 2001
Fall 1999
Worked with Bosch on a tuckpointing system, presented to senior management and received recognition for an innovative solution


Education

August 1996-May 2000
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Entered Mechanical Engineering in the fall of 1996, switched to Industrial Design in the spring of 1997
Received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Industrial Design in May of 2000

Study Abroad Experience
May-August 2000 (Germany)
Kunsthochschule Berlin (Art Center Berlin), Germany, in the curriculum of Product Design
Summer 1998 (France)
Cite Universitaire in Paris, France, focused on the history of French painting


Design Capabilities

2-D and 3-D Computer Applications (PC/Mac) and Languages
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Ashlar Vellum (Graphite)
• Pro-Engineer Wildfire 2.0 (Pro-Surface,ISDX)
• Rhino
• SolidWorks


Language skills:
• Fluent in English
• Conversational in German


Interests

Glass-blowing, Third World Backpacking, Culture Shock, Soccer, Snowboarding, SCUBA-diving, and Playing Guitar

Projects by Peter Schmidt

Novation MiniNova micro-Synth
9 Files

Bosch Power Box
3 Files

Mbox
2 Files

MIDI Fighter 3D
6 Files

Eleven Rack Pro Tools interface
3 Files

PreSonus Sceptre Studio Reference Monitors
7 Files

Q-40 Headphones
2 Files

Studio Monitors / Speakers
4 Files

Bluetooth Headset
3 Files

Axiom Pro
8 Files

Oxygen Keyboard Controller
7 Files

Venom Synthesizer'
8 Files

MobileTrack
1 File