Dan Curtiss

Industrial Designer for Softgoods, Bags, Luggage, and Accessories

Boulder, CO

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Industrial Designer for bags, packs, luggage, soft goods, and accessories, and more, experienced and well-reviewed, helping companies to maximize product sales through a proven design process. Passionate about building the best products with form, construction, material, color, and detail, taking inspiration from adventures, client vision, and consumer trends. Very familiar with all stages of product development--including research, line planning & strategy, design concepts, and sample development. Other skills: Design management, project management, working with start-ups, and soft goods sourcing. www.dancurtissid.com decurtiss@gmail.com
Education
- Bachelor of Science Industrial Design
  
  University of Cincinnati
Experience
- Owner/Designer
  
  Dan Curtiss ID, LLC
  
  Boulder, CO
  
  Jan 2009 - Present (12 years 1 month)
  
  Offering design consulting services to a variety of clients, specializing in soft goods and related items for travel and active lifestyle brands
  Design process: research • sketch concepts & design presentations • prototype specifications • sample development
  Clients and projects include:
  Allen Company: Designed hunting and fishing packs and accessories Battle Creek Equipment: Designing medical heating pads, will launch late 2019 & 2020
  Browning: Designed accessories for hunting dogs http://tiny.cc/browningcpv, http://tiny.cc/browningdsv, http://tiny.cc/browningcndv, http://tiny.cc/browningidcc, ECBC: Designed line of laptop bags and luggage http://www.ec-bc.com collaborated with product manager on product planning and strategy. Review: http://tiny.cc/iphonelifeecbc
  E I. Medical, Inc.: Designed a carrying system for veterinary ultrasound equipment Evanswerks/Anthem One: Designed a backpack for battery-powered lighting equipment for film crews
  Gura Gear: Designed professional camera bags: Kiboko V2.0 backpacks and other items launching 2019 https://www.guragear.com/shop
  Hunters Specialties: Designed Technical packs for turkey hunting, awarded US design patent #D813536 for chest pack http://tiny.cc/hsucp
  Stashlogix: Designed personal secure medical storage bags http://tiny.cc/stashlogix Targus: Designed laptop backpacks and messenger bags for consumer profiles and per trend information http://tiny.cc/targuscspbp, http://tiny.cc/targuscg2bp, http://tiny.cc/targuscg2bc, http://tiny.cc/targuslmb
- Adobe CC
  
  Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat Pro
- Director of Design
  
  105° Meridien LLC
  
  Golden, CO
  
  Apr 2004 - Dec 2008 (4 years 8 months)
  
  Supervised designers and managed design workload; continued function as Industrial Designer for packs, bags, luggage, and accessories for a variety of ODM clients and in-house brand Mountainsmith
- Industrial Designer
  
  105 Meridien, LLC
  
  Golden, CO
  
  Apr 2000 - Apr 2004 (4 years)
  
  Designed technical packs, lifestyle bags, luggage, and accessories for in-house brand Mountainsmith and ODM customers REI, Spyder, The Orvis Company, Asics, and others
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Portfolio representing design work for luggage, backpacks, soft goods, and accessories, from concept to production. Working with clients on all aspects of product creation, including strategy and line planning. Product categories include backpacks, laptop bags, camera bags, luggage, flyfishing packs, and accessories.

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Dan Curtiss Portfolio Cover Page

Portfolio representing design work for luggage, backpacks, soft goods, and accessories, from concept to production. Working with clients on all aspects of product creation, including strategy and line planning. Product categories include backpacks, laptop bags, camera bags, luggage, flyfishing packs, and accessories.

Comments (2)

Monette Aranas

some very detailed work you got there Dan! Cheers!

7 years ago
Dan Curtiss

Thanks Ben! It represents a lot of effort, so I guess it's paying off :>) . I checked out your work, very cool!

8 years ago

Dan Curtiss

Thanks Ben! It represents a lot of effort, so I guess it's paying off :>) . I checked out your work, very cool!

8 years ago
Monette Aranas

some very detailed work you got there Dan! Cheers!

7 years ago

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Industrial Designer for Softgoods, Bags, Luggage, and Accessories Boulder, CO