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Richard Parsekian
Pasadena, CA
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Lighting Product Designer -decorative products--To create products that people desire for their environments.
In lighting or any products for the home, looking at past style histories. Considering how decor used to look and then find a ways to use gesture, form, color and finish to design something unique but simplified and timeless. -
Education
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BID Industrial DesignPratt Institute1980 - 1984In addition: BA in Communications Design, Pratt Institute 1984 Architectural studies -1 year School of Visual Arts and Art Students League -courses in Illustration
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Product DesignerRichard ParsekianFeb 2010 - Present (16 years 4 months)* Design consultation, product concepts, project management and engineering; specializing in decorative lighting and home decor products
* Themed products and specialized products for themed invironments -
Product Design MgrTroy-CSL LightingApr 2003 - Feb 2010 (6 years 10 months)*Designing a successful mix of decorative lighting products; Including markets for Troy-CSL; Troy Contract; Hudson Valley and Corbett Lighting.
*Helped to train; interview and test new CAD staff for company's China office.
*Utilized strong conceptualizing skills.
*Traveled to Asia for design oversight and new product development. -
Lighting Products Design MgrD'lights, Inc2000 - 2003 (3 years)Product Designer for small custom manufacturer serving the Hospitality industry. Responsible for illustrating new product designs, determining manufacturing, sub-assembly sourcing, cost analysis, vendor selection, and quotations for custom products.
Created drawing packages and illustrations winning many projects for the company. -
Theme Lighting DesignerWalt Disney Imagineering1996 - 2000 (4 years)*Lead theme Lighting Designer over 100 custom lighting fixture families for two out of seven "lands" (themed environments) in the Tokyo DisneySea park in Japan;
*Theme Lighting for Animal Kingdom, Florida; Disney's California Adventure
*Producing unique product concepts-hand sketches.
Managed and produced AutoCAD contract document packages
*Facilitating inter-discipline design review meetings -
Industrial Designer/ Project Engineer-MTC/ PRCJet Propulsion Laboratory1991 - 1996 (5 years)Managed industrial design projects supporting the Deep Space Network
* Build visualization 1/4 scale models for new X-band feed support equipment
* Designed and conceptualized various exhibits and displays
* Proposed cost saving coolant pipe method for 70m Antenna retrofit.
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