Coroflot

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E X P E R I E N C E

IDEO
Industrial Designer
2012 - current, Palo Alto, San Francisco

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Founder, Product Designer, Project / Production Manager
Designed, prototyped, manufactured, and marketed a series of self-branded products from MP3 speakers to moldy sandwich bags. Buyers: MoMA store, Conran Store, Urban Outfitters.
2009 - 2011, NY

Built NY
Freelance Product Designer
Designed and prepared CAD surfacing for manufacturing of hard and soft lifestyle products.
2006 - 2010, NY

Karim Rashid Inc.
Product / Interior Designer
Developed furniture, consumer electronics, hotel and retail interiors, and exhibit spaces while maintaining Karim Rashid’s iconic aesthetic in a fast paced studio. Clients: Disney, Fendi, Target
2008 - 2009, NY

Arnell Group Innovation Lab
Freelance Product Designer
Worked within multi- disciplinary of designers, researchers, and strategists to create novel beverage display machines. Implemented 2D and 3D designs and presentations. Client: PepsiCo
2007, NY

Lab at Rockwell Group
Freelance Designer
Collaborated within a large team to retrofit an entire lobby space with custom lighting, furniture, and interactive media wall systems to enhance customer experience. Client: Sheraton Hotel
2007-2008, NY

Casio
Freelance Designer
Designed limited edition G-Shock watch package.
2007, Tokyo

Studio Dror
Intern
Designed and developed transformable lighting objects and furniture; position required extensive prototyping and model making.
Client: Swarovski
2006, NY

Habu Textile
Intern
Organized and aided with the weaving of one-of-a-kind Japanese fabrics.
2004, NY

Sadaharu Aoki
Graphic and Web Designer / Pâtissier Apprentice
Developed store and business collateral and implemented e-commerce web store for starting-up French patisserie boutique.
2001, Paris



E D U C A T I O N

Parsons the New School for Design
BFA Product Design
2006

Kanazawa International Design Institute, Japan
2002

Zokei Institute of Design, Japan
AA Graphic Design
1998



S K I L L S

Graphic / Web
Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS

3D
SolidWorks, Form-Z, 3dsMax, Alias

Material Knowledge
Plastics, Woods, Ceramics, Resins, Metals, Fabrics, Lighting Fixtures, Nonwovens

Special Knowledge
Design for manufacturing and assembly, production management, sourcing and vendor coordination, logistics and customs, retailing and marketing

Language
Japanese and English



A W A R D & H O N O R S

Holds valid US working visa (extraordinary ability visa)

LG Design the Future Competition
Double award winner, 2010

MUJI Award 03
Finalist, 2008

The 6th Int’l Design Award
Nagoya Design Do
Silver Prize, 2008

Cersaie Award 2008 Best Exhibition Stand: Refin Ceramiche with Karim Rashid

I.D. Magazine Student Design Review
Honorable Mention, 2007

The Parsons School Product Design Scholar Prize
2003 - 2006



P U B L I C A T I O N

Vogue
Wired
I.D.
GlamourMetropolitan
Entrepreneur
Timeout
Colors, Italy
DAMn, Belgium
CasaD, Italy
L'Uomo Vogue, Italy
mono, Japan
Youth Vision, China
Design & Emotion Society,
Netherlands

ABC News
Fox News
NY1



I N T E R E S T

Nature
Walking, Running, Yoga
Cooking, Baking, Sewing
Tabletop farming, Food therapy
Drawing, Reading, Piano
Art, Fashion and Trends
Languages