GREGORY HENRY SCHULTZ
53 Palm Avenue, Apt. 1| San Francisco, CA 94118|greg@gregschultz.me| www.gregschultz.me
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a fulltime position as an Industrial Designer within a progressive studio.
EMPLOYMENT:
Blindsight - Lead Designer - Berkeley, CA (1/09 - Present)
- Design products that use computer vision technology to aid Blind and Low Vision persons.
Goorin Brothers – Industrial Designer – San Francisco, CA (5/07 – 1/09)
- Bag, Hat and Sneaker design projects and specification documents from concept to production
- Forecast design, fabric and color trends within the fashion industry
- Work with overseas and local factories to develop product and packaging
Pottery Barn – Industrial Design Internship – San Francisco, CA (5/07 – 9/07)
- Furniture and Lighting Design
- Designed and conceptualized initial furniture and lighting stories; structures, patterns, prints, materials and trim
- Produced computer-generated factory ready artwork. CAD spec packages designed and sent to overseas vendors for samples and final concepts/productsCreated presentation boards forecasting design process, ranging from research to final client deliverables
Karim Rashid– Industrial Design Internship – New York, NY (9/06 – 1/07)
- Industrial Design product work for 17 clients – 16 international and 1 national
- Participated in all phases of the design process, ranging from research to final client deliverables
- FDM modelingExtensive sketch work, use of Solidworks, Illustrator and Photoshop; CAD drawings, 3D modeling and
- Chosen for internship from 300 + international and national candidates
MartaDesign – Freelance – San Francisco, CA (2006)
- Industrial Design freelance designer for Marta Salas-Porras (former Design Director of SWATCH)
- Provided innovative product designs targeted toward a large consumer food market
Pacific Coast Options Exchange – Interaction Designer – San Francisco, CA (2000-2005)
- Created and implemented a User Interface System for the PC Options Exchange
- Researched customer preferences, hands on quantitative/qualitative testing of all design phases
- Liaison between creative and developmental group
- Managed 25 employees on a daily basis
Interaction Designer/Graphic Designer – Freelance – San Francisco, CA (2000 – 2005)
- Consultant on various projects with Industrial Design companies
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
GUCCI – San Francisco, CA
- Project managed by FUSEPROJECT founder Yves Behar: Bag, Accessories & Concept Design
- Worked with GUCCI corporate to forecast, design and develop new bag designs and other concepts for products applied and presented to the company’s Design and Technology Departments
Bevara Design House – San Francisco, CA
- In conjunction with Wal-mart.com, designed affordable, sustainable furniture, using eco-friendly
materials, to be sold and marketed to the masses - Design was shown at the ICFF, 2008
- Chosen as one of four winning designs to be produced and sold by Bevara Design House and
Walmart.com
TIMBUK2 – San Francisco, CA
- Developed new sustainable bag concept in conjunction with CCA and CEO Mark Dwight
- One of 3 students chosen to have bag reproduced by TIMBUK2 and internship position
Astro Studios – San Francisco, CA
- Organized a design class focused on improving sketching skill with renown designer Brook Banham
SKILLS:
Solidworks 2008 | Sketch-up | Adobe Photoshop CS3 | Adobe Illustrator CS3 | Adobe Acrobat 8.0 | Ashlar-Vellum’s Graphite | Microsoft XP | Mac & PC platforms | Working knowledge of Bryce 3D | CAD
Model making: rapid prototyping, laser cutting, vac forming, clay-modeling, general workshop skills, blue foam models, block models, wren shape models, work with acrylic and LED lighting, soft and hard goods
Autodesk Aliasstudio 2008: surfacing, produced rapid prototypes from surfacing models, realistic
renderings, camera transitions
EDUCATION:
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS – San Francisco, CA 2005-2008
BFA – Industrial Design
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT – Burlington, VT 1996-2000
BA – Fine Arts Major – Advertising Minor
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY – Florence, Italy 1999
Art Studio Studies Abroad
AWARDS/PRESS:
2009 Selected as a Juror for the IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards) by BusinessWeek and the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA.org)
2008 Bronze International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) sponsored by BusinessWeek and the
Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA)
2008 ID Magazine Student Design Review Finalist
2008 Exhibitor ICFF
2008 New York Times – article mentions school and sustainable chair design solution
2008 Treehugger.com article on sustainable chair design solution
2008 Apartment Therapy article on sustainable chair design solution