Sam Chu

Industrial Designer — Long Beach, CA

About

My specialties in design are ingenuity, perseverance, and exemplary time management. I see myself not just as a designer, but also an inventor who seeks innovative solutions to complicated problems. Radical thinking and hands-on experiment are my approaches to simple and elegant design.

Education:
California State Long Beach
Affiliations:
Golden Key International Honour Society
Awards:
Dramatic Allied Arts Guild Scholarship (2008); Flow Sponsored Project Honorable Mention (2009)

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Resumé

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• EDUCATION

2005-present
. Industrial Design major
. California State University, Long Beach

2002-2004
. General education and prerequisites
. Mount San Antonio College, Walnut

1998-2002
. High school education
. Monta Vista high school, Cupertino

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• SKILLS

Design software
. Photoshop and Illustrator
. Solidworks
. Bunkspeed
. Microsoft Office

Drawing
. Quick ideation and sketching
. Shading and coloring
. Marker and pastel technique

Modeling
. Prototyping
. RP modeling
. Painting and finishing

Language
. English
. Chinese

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• EXPERIENCES

Carbon fiber product designer
. Cotech Inc., 2009
. www.cotechinc.com, +866-4-26595211

Illustrator
. Needles Plaza Holiday Limited Partnership, 2009
. www.theapexgroup.com, +866-952879159

Poster designer
. Face to Face Ministry, 2009
. www.facetofaceministry.org, (770) 502-2306

Flow sponsored project designer
. Flow Snowboarding Inc., 2009
. www.flow.com, (949)361-5260

Website designer
. Shiloh Christian Church, 2009
. www.followersofhisglory.org, (770) 502-2306

Business card designer
. Cinny and ZS Inc., 2008
. 20660 Stevens Creek Blvd #320 Cupertino CA 95014, (408) 666-9956

Computer case designer
. Logisys Corporation, 2008
. 1962 West Holt Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768, (909) 525-9888

Website designer
. Showers of Blessing Gifts Online, 2005
. www.sbgiftsintl.com, (626) 823-8737

Logo designer & book illustrator
. Bread of Life Church, 2006
. 1220 South Brea Canyon Road, Diamond Bar, CA 91789, (626) 679-6672

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• ACHIEVEMENTS

Featured portfolio on Core 77 (June 4th, 2009)

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Projects by Sam Chu