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Senior Industrial Designer at TYR Sport
Kyle Solá
Brooklyn, NY
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About
Innovation and value through design.
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Education
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Bachelors of Industrial Design Industrial and Product DesignPratt Institute2006 - 2010Graduated with Honors Industrial Design Society of America Merit Award 2010 Rowena Reed Kostellow Award Nominee 2010
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International Exchange Glass and Product DesignHögskolan i Kalmar2008 - 2008
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Experience
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Senior Industrial DesignerTYR SportJul 2011 - Present (14 years 11 months)Hardgoods and accessories design and innovation direction for American swim, triathlon and water polo equipment manufacturer.
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Industrial DesignerTanaka Kapec Design Group, Inc.Sep 2010 - Jul 2011 (10 months)Industrial designer at an award winning product design consultancy. Responsible for design research, concept generation, prototyping, refinement, rendering, Solidworks modeling and presentation.
• Notable Projects:
- Depuy Spine. Lower spine surgery instrument set.
- Northrop Grumman. Work flow optimization for USPS.
- Datacolor. Industrial and portable digital color reading products.
- Mergenet. Emergency respiratory treatment device.
- Melascience. Wall-mounted skin testing device for Cancer detection and prevention.
- US Military. Medical delivery device.
- GlaxoSmithKline. Internal medical application device.
- Genzyme. Internal-use medical device.
- Howard Medical. Mobile workstation. -
Industrial DesignerFluescentAug 2009 - Jul 2010 (11 months)Sports soft goods/ accessory designer. Concept/ Aesthetic development and full Technical Specifications for Freerunning and Parkour gloves. Manufactured Autumn 2009 (V1) and 2011 (V2). Featured in GQ Style UK, Fall 2010.
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Industrial DesignerKendama USAFeb 2010 - Jun 2010 (4 months)Innovative construction of classic wooden Japanese toy for mass production in US market. Involved from initial concept to full Technical Specifications for manufacture.
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Industrial DesignerCatapult Concepts LLCJun 2009 - Aug 2009 (2 months)Toy design innovation. Conceptualization, model making and presentation.
Clients included:
Hasbro
Mattel
Jakks Pacific
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Industrial DesignerCatapult Concepts LLCJun 2008 - Aug 2008 (2 months)Toy design innovation. Conceptualization, model making and presentation.
Clients included:
Hasbro
Mattel
Jakks Pacific
Spinmaster
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Awards
IDSA Student Merit Award for Pratt Institute.
Nominee for the Rowena Reed Kostellow Award, 2010.
Windgate Fellowship Grant Nominee.
Glasdesign Student Exhibition at the Swedish Design Archive and the Smålands Glass Museum, Sweden. -
Affiliations
IDSA
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@kylesola, member since 2007
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