Entrepreneur, Educator & Design Consultant
Tiffany Burnette
Brooklyn, NY
tiffburnette@gmail.com
www.designhypeinc.com
www.coroflot.com/tiffb
Experience in Design
Designhype, Inc.
Founder and Designer
Milestones - Milan Metro Cuff Launch, NYC Metro Cuff Launch
June 2005 - Present
OgoSport, Brooklyn, NY
Toy Package Design & Graphic Design Consultant
May 2008 - Present
Collective/4, Brooklyn, NY
Co-founder/Designer
March 2007 - May 2008
Design/Build Sustainable Furniture & Home Products
Majic Creative, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Product Design & Development, Toy Package Design, Graphic Design Consultant
August - November 2008
Bed, Bath and Beyond, Farmingdale, NY
Product Design Intern
June - July 2008
Sharp Corporation, Conshohocken, PA
Pharmaceutical Package Design, Product Development, Strategic Marketing, Co-Inventor Patent holder: AdvantagePak, F=1 Child Resistant/Senior Friendly Package Design & Development
September 2004 - August 2006
Experience in Education
Sweat Equity Education (SEE), New York, NY
Content Expert, Curriculum Development, Online Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Educator
August 2008 - Present
Quest 2 Learn, New York, NY
Educator, Industrial Design & Marketing
Fall 2009
Curious Jane, Brooklyn, NY
Educator, Architecture & Toy Design
Summer 2009
Liberty Partnerships, Brooklyn, NY
Assistant Educator, Industrial Design
Fall 2006, grades 5-9
E d u c a t i o n
Masters of Industrial Design (MID)
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York
September 2006 - May 2008
Textile Design
Denmark Design School
Copenhagen, Denmark
July - August 2007
Bachelor of Science Industrial Design
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 2000 - May 2004
Professional Recognition
HOW Magazine
February 2010 issue, pg. 20
Off The Cuff - Featuring NYC Metro Cuff
www.gizmodo.com
NYC Subway Mapped to Street Gauntlet - Featuring NYC Metro Cuff
June 29, 2009
The Nest Magazine, Fall 2007 Issue
Home Office Furniture Design for Dwell Magazine's Project
"Building Green in Harlem"
Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council 2005
Innovative Design Winner for AdvantagePak
Activities & Awards
2008 - Outstanding Merit, Pratt Institute
2007 - Teacher's Assistant, Graduate Program, Pratt Institute
Software Qualifications
ArtiosCad Packaging Software, Adobe CS5, Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, AutoDesk Inventor, Solid Works
Design & Business Qualifications
Oversee the daily operations of a design company
including: making financial decisions, logistics, new
product development & design, sourcing over-seas
manufacturing, branding & marketing, product
launches, licensing intellectual property, and
strategic planning & implementation of over-all
company vision.
Brooklyn, NY
Professional Woman of the Year 2010 by The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) Patent Co-Inventor AdventagePak Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council, Innovative Design Award 2005, AdvantagePak