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Industrial & Product Designer @ Botzen Design

Eric Strebel

Southfield, MI
botzen.com
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    Hello, my name is Eric Strebel and I run Botzen Design. I am a industrial designer located in Southfield MI, and I have been designing products for 25+ years ranging from sunglasses for Bauch & Lomb, Traps eyewear, entry level luxury vehicles for Ford, wireless charging PowerMat for Homedics, to magnetic toys for Guidecraft and Personal care products. I specialize in tabletop and handheld products. I do concept design, 2D hand and computer sketching, visualization to production 3D design work. I also teach Industrial Design at Wayne State University and CCS (College for Creative Studies) I am a full service design house from concept to production.

    I provide a unique design experience that starts with a your design brief, expands those ideas by generating unique ideas and form solutions for your product. Next we move to the mockup and refinement phase before we get into the final CAD for visualization and production data. Finally the data is used to build a preproduction sample of the product for validation and marketing. I can also assist with BOM and production sourcing.

    I have a wide range of production product design experience from hard to soft goods with and with out PCB integration. I use Autodesk Fusion 360 for my CAD work and Blender for my high end visualization. I also have in house rapid prototyping and fabrication capabilities, metal, wood and plastic, including a vacuum chamber and a pressure tank for silicone mold making and short run high quality cast ridged and flexible urethane prototype parts and in house 3D Printing.

    You can visit my YouTube page to see me design, sketch, render, make and fabricate.

    https://www.youtube.com/lunakov

    I hope to hear from you and learn more about your project so that I can craft you a proposal.

    Best regards

    Eric Strebel

    Botzen Design

    Industrial Design and Product Visualization

    1 248 202 2201

    eric@botzen.com

    http://www.botzen.com

  • Education
    • BID Industrial and Product Design
      Pratt Institute
      1988 - 1990
    • AAS Architecture
      Vermont Technical College
      1986 - 1987
    • Rice Memorial High School
      1981 - 1985
  • Experience
    • Owner
      Botzen Design
      1990 - Present (35 years)
      Design Consultant for various companies around the Globe, undertaking design projects ranging from product and entertainment, involving, concept, ideation all the way to production.
    • Adjunct Professor
      Wayne State University
      Jan 2008 - Jan 2013 (5 years)
      Provide instruction in industrial design for undergraduate students. Create curriculum and projects.
    • Creative Designer
      Alps Automotive
      Apr 2002 - Nov 2007 (5 years 7 months)
      Creative Industrial Designer / Project Leader
      Responsible for new business development and design innovation. Designed Haptic Input Devices, User Interface, Passive Keyless entry, Bluetooth Audio products. Managed multiple design projects.

      • Served as Brainstorming Coordinator scheduling sessions that provided a forum for developing new business concepts and product ideas.
      o Brainstormed with Alpine Electronics ( sister company ) Marketing President developing innovative new product ideas with two of three concepts scheduled to go to market.
      • Managed projects from concept through prototype ensuring on time delivery within budget constraints.
      • Managed customer on site promotional events including: planning, scheduling, coordinating display layouts and exhibits, managing vendors and providing on site support.
      • Proactively initiated new product concepts and prototypes for introduction to the marketplace.
      • Mentored Wayne State University interns overseeing project work.
    • Exhibit Designer
      Exhibit Works
      Jan 2001 - Dec 2002 (1 year 11 months)
      Design, build and manage exhibits for displays, trade shows and lobbies.

      Exhibit Designer
      Recruited to design exhibits ranging from trade show and lobby components to major auto shows including managing all model building.

      • Partnered with sales to design, maintain and manage projects, budgets and timing.
      • Designed exhibit models valued at $50K to $100K for use in sales presentations.
    • Owner Botzen Design Inc
      Botzen Design Inc
      1990 - 2001 (11 years)
      Had a 6000 sgft studio in Detroit in the old Packard motor plant until the City kicked us out! We built all kinds of exhibits for the exhibit industry.
    • Contract Designer
      Textron Automotive
      2000 - 2000
      I design a walk up information trade show kiosk
  • Awards

    I love to play ice hockey several times a week.

  • Affiliations

    Detroit Swiss Society

  • Industries
    • Commercial Equipment
  • Skills
    • Industrial Design
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