Designer — Los Angeles, CA
Hi!
I'm Lily daMota, a Product Designer and Illustrator. I specialize in toy design, fashion-oriented accessories, and lifestyle products, but am comfortable wearing many hats. Please feel free to contact me with any new opportunities. Cheers!
AWARDS
Featured Designer on Coroflot (Marque Project 2012.)
5th Place in Cincinnati Innovates Contest
Design for a lancing device attachment to reduce pain and anxiety in users placed 5th/300 contestants.
Voltage Furniture Exposition
Chair design was selected as ‘best in show’ and shown in a gallery exposition of student work.
WORK
Vans Footwear, Los Angeles CA
[Winter Co-op 2011]
Footwear Design Intern. Worked on skate and surf lifestyle shoes for men and women, responsible for trending, presentation and delivery of product concepts.
Wild Planet Toys San Franciso, CA
[Summer Co-op 2011]
Toy design, heavy focus in developing unique and exciting play patterns. Quick sketching, model-making and preparing presentation quality work.
The First Years Boston, MA
[Winter Co-op 2011]
Product design for mother, infants and toddlers (not toy design.) Involved lots of sketching, modeling in Solidworks and Rhino as well as creating and giving communicative presentations.
Hasbro Toys Pawtucket, RI
[Winter/Summer Co-op 2010]
Concept development and refinement using model-making, quick sketching and Adobe Design Suite. Focus on illustration.
EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati,OH
College of Design, Architecture, Art and
Planning/BS Industrial Design [2012]
McMicken College of Arts and
Sciences/BS Biology, Asian Studies Minor [2012]
KCP International School
Tokyo, Japan
[Summer 2008]
Studied Japanese Language and Culture
HONORS
Deans List
Cincinnatus Scholarship