Principal at Steelcase

Joey Zeledón

Grand Rapids, MI

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Joey Zeledón is an award-winning designer with expertise in industrial design, experience design and design strategy. During his over decade-long career, Joey has designed footwear for Clarks and Banana Republic, furniture and spaces for Steelcase, and everything from consumer electronics to consumer products, medical devices, housewares, services and food for a variety of clients while consulting at Smart Design and Continuum.

Joey holds a BFA in Industrial Design from Rochester Institute of Technology with a concentration in Sociology.
Education
- Español
  
  IPED Instituto Profesional de Educación DAZA
  
  2011 - 2012
- BFA Industrial Design with Concentration in Sociology
  
  Rochester Institute of Technology
  
  2002 - 2006
Experience
- Design Principal
  
  Steelcase
  
  Grand Rapids, MI
  
  Jul 2016 - Present (5 years 10 months)
  
  At Steelcase, Joey is the design Principal for the Health division where he creates meaningful healthcare experiences for patients, care partners, clinicians and facility management by leveraging physical, digital and spatial design components. To do this, he closely collaborates with healthcare professionals, furniture designers, interaction designers, interior designers, architects, engineers and researchers.
- Senior Industrial Designer
  
  Smart Design
  
  New York, NY
  
  Aug 2012 - Aug 2016 (4 years)
  
  His primary role was to create new and meaningful experiences for people through product innovation. He led his teams and clients by showing the positive impact that design with meaning can create for people and consequently grow business.
  
  He was the co-founder and leader of Smart Design's Food Lab, an internal initiative that explores the intersection of food, design and the 5 senses. Food Lab's mission is to design the experiences around food to be as delicious (and meaningful) as the food itself.
  
  Joey also managed Smart Design's ID Internship Program.
- Design Professor
  
  Universidad Verítas
  
  San José, Costa Rica
  
  2011 - 2012 (1 year)
  
  Design visualization studio course (both manual and digital techniques)
- Industrial Designer
  
  Continuum
  
  Boston, MA
  
  Sep 2007 - Sep 2011 (4 years)
  
  Designed fresh products and experiences for a diverse array of clients and consumers. I've worked with companies as diverse as: American Express, Gillette, Keurig, Mr Coffee, OXO, Salient, SCJohnson, Staples, Targus, and Unilever.
- Footwear Designer
  
  The Clarks Companies, N.A.
  
  Boston, MA
  
  May 2006 - Nov 2007 (1 year 6 months)
  
  Footwear Designer for Clarks Mens Division & Clarks ORIGINALS
  Lead Footwear Designer for BANANA REPUBLIC Mens Division
- Footwear Design Intern
  
  New Balance
  
  Boston, MA
  
  Jun 2005 - Sep 2005 (3 months)
  
  Designed footwear concepts within Team Sports.
- Footwear Design Intern
  
  The Clarks Companies, N.A.
  
  Jun 2004 - Sep 2004 (3 months)
  
  Designed footwear concepts for Clarks mens and Clarks Originals.
Awards

IF Product Design Award

Core77 Design Award,

I.D. Annual Design Review Design Distinction Award.

Spark! Silver Award.

TIME Magazine Best Travel Gadgets of the Year.

Good Design Award.

Spark! Bronze Award

IDEA Finalist

Green Dot Award
Affiliations

Smart Design, Continuum, RIT, IDSA, Universidad Verítas
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Coat Check Chair

Coat Check Chair from Joey Zeledón

Coat Check Chair

Coat Check Chair - Let your closet join the party.
The design simply appropriates the plastic hangers and the steel closet rod from a standard closet and creates a chair from those elements, turning the closet inside-out.