David Clarkin
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About
In his role as an industrial designer at WovenWorks (formerly Product Ventures), David brings research-based design strategy to consumer goods packaging in food, beverage, cleaning and personal care categories. He helps brands communicate their product story and create optimal experiences for their customers. Previously, he designed trade show booths, retail displays and store fixtures, and structural packaging.
He has used his extensive knowledge of design strategy, visual language, spacial design, graphic communication, and manufacturing technologies to achieve thoughtful designs. He has proven his abilities in the fast-paced environment, where he managed dozens of projects per month, and also in deep work, where research and strategy development take a lead role.
He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design (with a minor in Graphic Design) at the University of Bridgeport in 2013, placing top in his class. -
Education
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Bachelor of Science Industrial Design (Graphic Design Minor)University of Bridgeport2010 - 2013Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, Academic Achievement Award for Industrial Design, IDSA Student Chapter Leader, Vice President of the Student Programming Board, New Student Orientation Leader, College Math Tutor, Scholar Athlete Award
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Associate of Arts General StudiesCommunity College of Rhode Island2009 - 2010Graduated with Highest Honors, Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society
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Experience
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Principal Industrial DesignerFairfield, CTOct 2024 - Present (1 year 9 months)Designed packaging for consumer goods (food, beverage, personal care, pet food, cleaning):
- Managed the design portion of multi-phase projects covering consumer research, concept development, design presentations, engineering, prototyping, consumer testing & manufacturing hand-off
- Developed design strategies, category visual language & jobs-to-be-done frameworks (Miro)
- Designed using traditional and digital sketching, CAD development, engineering collaboration, rendering & rapid prototyping (Sketchbook, SolidWorks, KeyShot, ArtiosCAD, Bambu FDM printers, Kongsberg)
- Created project presentations and presented to clients, both in-person & on video calls (Miro, PowerPoint)
- Utilized AI during research, for visual inspiration & to create videos & environments for rendered products (CoPilot, Leonardo)
- Managed an office renovation, including floorplans & working with contractors -
Industrial Designer (Packaging)Fairfield, CTApr 2021 - Oct 2024 (3 years 6 months)
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Contract Industrial DesignerFairfield, CTFeb 2021 - Apr 2021 (2 months)
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Exhibit and Event DesignerPlainville, CTNov 2017 - Mar 2021 (3 years 4 months)Designed new trade show booths from the ground up & reconfigured existing booths for new shows:
- Won several RFP’s with dynamic trade show booth designs for custom & rental islands
- Specified materials, fixtures and finishes and strategized with engineering & production teams
- Designed production-ready artwork (Illustrator)
- Produced set-up prints & shop construction drawings (AutoCAD)
- Created marketing materials, including photography & messaging for social media
- Increased efficiency & quality of photo-realistic renderings through advanced techniques (3ds Max)
- Redesigned booth proposal format for better storytelling & perception -
Retail Display & Point of Purchase DesignerEast Hartford, CTDec 2013 - Nov 2017 (3 years 11 months)Designed retail displays and fixtures for sporting goods, office supply and technology stores:
- Sketched, modeled and rendered display concepts (paper, FormZ, RenderZone)
- Developed dielines, prototypes and print layouts for displays (ArtiosCAD)
- Contributed to production decisions, material selections, and packing & shipping strategies
- Reviewed process on in-house manufacturing & production lines
- Created print-ready display graphics & signage
- Operated cutting tables (Kongsberg, Zund) & wide-format printers (HP, Fujifilm, Durst) -
Structural Packaging EngineerInfold, Ltd.Coventry, RIMar 2008 - Aug 2012 (4 years 5 months)Designed, tested and produced comprehensive prototypes of retail packaging:
- Engineered and tested CAD dielines for multi-material retail packaging (AutoCAD)
- Designed thermoform tooling for clamshell packaging using complex surface modeling (SolidWorks)
- Designed packaging graphics and managed printing, assembly and shipping of comps
- Operated wide-format printers (HP) and CNC cutting tables (Kongsberg) -
Toy Design InternSeekonk, MAJul 2011 - Aug 2011 (1 month)Hands-on experience designing toys & licensed goods:
- Drew concepts for water, bubble and sport toys through traditional and digital sketching.
- Specified colors and decoration styling for manufacturing overseas.
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Awards
IDSA Merit Award Winner 2013 at the University of Bridgeport.
Presented his portfolio at the IDSA Northeast Conference 2013 in Hartford, CT.
Headliner Dining Set was shown at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in 2012 and 2013 and was featured on several blogs.
Junction Coffee Table was shown at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in 2013. -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@davidclarkin, member since 2012
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