I'm always exploring—new conversations, new questions, new tools and new ways of designing the future.

Designing how we make, sense, and learn.

Women in Design / Beyond Ray Podcast

Women in Industrial Design / IDSA Podcast

By The Shayna Show / Podcast

Women Shaping the Future of the Industry / Book

Aplat Zero Waste Design & Manufacturing in San Francisco

Bringing Circular Design to California College of the Arts

Design Experience

Aplat • Astro Studios Inc. • California College of the Arts (CCA) / Industrial Design Program Chair and Associate Professor • Cocoon Innovation / Orange22 • Design Continuum • Designafairs • Designworks/USA BMW • Disney Consumer Electronics • Fahrenheit212 • Herman Miller • Hewlett-Packard • HTC / One&Co • IDEO • Istituto Europeo di Design Milan • Incase Design Corp. • LG Electronics • Mattel Barbie Consumer Electronics • Microsoft Zune • Motorola • Nike • Polaroid • Procter & Gamble (Febreze) • Samsung Electronics • Steelcase / Coalesse

Design Committees

ADC Annual Awards (The One Club for Creativity) • Archiproducts Design Awards • Cannes Lions Awards • Core77 Design Awards • Council Angel Investor • Good Food Awards • Good Future Design Alliance Founding Member • IDSA Circular Design Strategy Advisor • IDSA International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Jury Chair and Member • IDSA Women in Design Keynote Speaker • Museum of Craft and Design Design Council • Patagonia 1% for the Planet Steering Committee • SF Design Week Design Jury • SFMade Manufacturing Council • SFMOMA Architecture + Design Accessions Committee.

Design Patents & Awards

Aplat U.S. Design Patent (D885,737) • The Procter and Gamble Company U.S. Design Patent (D367,725) • Art Center College of Design Full Scholarship Awarded by Disney • GOOD DESIGN Award for Acuson Cypress Plus Portable Ultrasound (Siemens Medical Solutions) • IDEA Gold Award for Aplat Mask • IDSA Student Merit Award • New York Now “Best in Show” Aplat Booth Design •

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