Nicholas Pennington

Industrial Designer developing the visual look and feel on music production, audio, and DJ products for Alto professional, Akai professional, Numark, Headrush brands.

A full time industrial designer at product development firm with a core focus in designing and positioning products for licensing. Worked directly with clients in a team environment to flesh-out new product concepts, brainstorm and develop solutions with unique features/benefits. Provided clients with sketches, CAD, and photorealistic renders.

A contract industrial designer at Lenovo working on Think brand products and accessories. Supported team leads with sketching, Illustrator renderings, SolidWorks modeling, extensive foam core mockups, and tooling sample reviews. Participated in brainstorming for visual direction and mechanical solutions for active and upcoming projects. Position terminated due to internal cutbacks.

Advanced development of future and near future, powered and unpowered commercial cleaning systems. Tasked with understanding the future of the industry through research, user feedback, and market trends. Designed products, product systems, and product experiences. Communicated concepts with sketches. Designed and built working prototypes to test/demonstrate product functionality. Produced 3D CAD data for engineering.

Brought the Montie Gear™ fixed blade sheath knife to market. Supporting Montie Design client projects by providing research, sketches, conceptual design, CAD models.

Developed the GloveShot Slingshot for the Montie Gear™ line of outdoor and shooting equipment from the initial concept to finished product on the market. Brought this product through the RFQ and prototyping process with outside vendors. Produced sketches, sketches models, and SolidWorks models for Montie Design and CAD drawings for manufacturing.

Developed the Y-Shot Slingshot for the Montie Gear™ line of outdoor and shooting equipment from the initial concept to finished product on the market. Gained a greater ability in SolidWorks and experience in designing mechanical assemblies.