I'm always exploring—new conversations, new questions, new tools and new ways of shaping the future.
Experience
Aplat • Astro Studios Inc. • Atheer • Attivo Creative Resource • 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 • Fujitsu Mobile • GARDENA • Good Technology • Green Dimes • Herman Miller • Hewlett-Packard • HTC / One&Co • IDEO • IED Milan • Incase Design Corp. • LG Electronics • Mattel Barbie Consumer Electronics • Microsoft Zune • Motorola • Nike • Panasonic • Plantronics • Polaroid • Procter & Gamble (Febreze) • Samsung Electronics • Steelcase / Coalesse
Committees
ADC Annual Awards (The One Club for Creativity) • Archiproducts Design Awards • Cannes Lions Awards • Core77 Design Awards • Council Angel Investor • Earth Guardians • Good Food Awards • Good Future Design Alliance • IDSA Circular Design Strategy Advisor • IDSA Deep Dive • IDSA International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Jury Chair and Member • IDSA Women in Design Keynote Speaker and Founding Member • Museum of Craft and Design Design Council • NYC Film Festival • Patagonia 1% for the Planet Steering Committee • SF Design Week Awards • SFMade Manufacturing Council • SFMOMA Architecture + Design Accessions Committee.
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) • HP Office Jet All-In-One Series 9130 – Highly Recommended by Buyers Laboratory • IDEA Gold Award for Aplat Mask • IDSA Student Merit Award, New York Now “Best in Show” Aplat Booth Design, Nokia Mobile Design Award (Nokia Design Center) • Wired Magazine “Flash Forward” (Polaroid’s Five-Year Plan).
