Ben Yi
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About
Ben is an American born Korean, who grew up in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Art Center College of Design with a Bachelor of Science in Product Design with a certificate of completion from the INSEAD MBA exchange in France.
On his own, he is a product consultant who has had the opportunity to dive into various work. He started his own bag company, Vinted Goods. He assisted Commodity, a start-up fragrance company, as a prototyper and packaging design consultant. He collaborated with a consumer goods company, Akufuncture, as a prototyper and product design consultant. He also built concepts and sketched ideas alongside for companies such as Sterling Brands.
Visit benjaminyi.com, a display of past projects and current works in progress.
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+1 818 297 4673
[email protected]
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Specialties: Product Innovation, Strategy, Branding, Soft Goods, Sewing, Pattern Making, Packaging Design, Sketching, Graphic Design -
Education
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BSID Industrial DesignArt Center College of Design2007 - 2012
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Buisness ManagementINSEAD2011 - 2011A study abroad program to develop and create new business plans with MBA students.
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Experience
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ManagerLos Angeles, CASep 2019 - Present (6 years 9 months)
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Senior Product Service DesignerShanghai, ChinaMar 2015 - Mar 2019 (4 years)
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Product Innovation ConsultantSterling BrandsMar 2013 - May 2015 (2 years 2 months)Works (off-site) directly with Bart Haney, Senior Vice President of Innovation, to develop and create new concepts proposals for clients. Additional duties involved visualizing and rendering concepts.
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Co-FounderVinted Bags & GoodsMay 2012 - May 2013 (1 year)Overseeing branding, art direction, prototyping, and material research for men's utility bags and goods.
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Packaging ConsultantCommoditySep 2012 - Nov 2012 (2 months)Works directly with Co-Founders, Owen Gee and Jason Yeh. Project included providing concepts of packaging for their fragrance lines. Additional duties involved ideation sketches and prototypes for manufacturers.
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Design Storm ParticipantNestlé Purina North AmericaSep 2011 - Sep 2011One of selected group of students to participate in an intensive 3-day workshop to deliver future state scenarios and directions for client.
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Special Projects Innovation TeamKILLSPENCERJun 2011 - Aug 2011 (2 months)Driving the company to look into new ways of lowering costs and raising values by experimenting with new materials and manufacturing methods to develop future product lines to expand the company product portfolio.
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Footwear InternshipI-D WorkshopMay 2010 - Aug 2010 (3 months)Designed, developed, and studied performance interaction of footwear. Provided digital renderings and consolidated clients’ presentations for various footwear categories.
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Teacher's AssistantArt Center College of DesignJan 2010 - Apr 2010 (3 months)aided students with their projects including concept development, research techniques, aesthetic development, information clarity, and sketching
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ACCD Design Storm ParticipantAvery DennisonMar 2010 - Mar 20103-Day multidisciplinary design workshop collaborating with Avery to propose new "on-the-go" food packaging opportunities.
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Sponsored ProjectBernhardt DesignAug 2009 - Dec 2009 (4 months)Bernhardt Design sponsored a project regarding the re-imagination of moveable office furniture. Without going into too much detail my duties included furniture design, high conceptual ideation, and ergonomic prototyping.
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Awards
The Dieline - Top Paw Portable Dog Food Packaging
Packaging of the World - Top Paw Portable Dog Food Packaging
Dog Milk Publication - Top Paw Portable Dog Food Packaging -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@benyi36, member since 2010
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