HOME & GIFT PRODUCT DESIGN
Strong aesthetic sensibility with expertise innovating branded products. Deep knowledge In surface design combined with experience in licensing. Materials used silver, textiles, porcelain, glass, and paper, with specific interests in colored gemstones and organic concepts.

Orange HOWELL: Limited Edition Gifts - Owner: New York (April 2009 - Present)

• Ornaments: Neiman Marcus Catalog 2010, abc home, Schiffman's, and fine jewelers
• Custom & Private Label Clients: Brooks Brothers, The Plaza Hotel, The Little Nell
• Designed Gift Products, Developed Business Model, Marketing Concepts, Brand Image
  

LUNT Silversmiths - Creative Director: New York (April 1, 2008 – April 2, 2009)

• New Introductions: Sterling Julep Collection, .999 Fine Silver Frames, NYBG Collection, Oscar de la Renta Personal & Home Accessories (April & October 2009)
  
• LUNT Brand Focus: Identity, Packaging, Sales & Marketing Tools, P.R. Strategies
• Licensees: Oscar de la Renta, NY Botanical Garden, MFA - Boston, Disney, Eric Carle
• Product Design: Established creative concepts for Lunt Brand, Lunt Baby, Licensees
• Public Relations: Limited Edition Book - Lunt Archives, Gump's "Made in the Shade"
• Showroom Design: New displays for Lunt Sterling, Couzon Flatware, NYBG, etc.
• New Business Development: Initiated reconnections with State Department, Eric Carle and MFA, Boston for opening of 2010 American Wing

    Lunt Limited Edition Sterling Book (PDF)

Robert Bentley Gemstones: Mentor Colored Gemstones (May 2007 – March 2008)

CONSULTING 2005 - 2007
Whole Foods Market (Winter 2006 – Spring 2007) Whole Living Lifestyle Brand - Home

• Produced Presentations: Vendor Guide, Color Palettes, Product Designs, Market Analysis
  

Vera Wang New York (Summer/Fall 2006)

• Designed Presentations: Creative Concepts for Gift Collections, Bridal and Classic Gifts
  

Lenox Inc. New York (Fall 2005 - Winter 2007)

• Designed Private Label Collections: Holiday, Gift, Wedding Dinnerware
  

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

• Creator of Best Selling home and gift products in both the luxury and mass markets.
• Supervised all phases of product development from initial presentation to final product,
  encompassing tabletop, textiles, bedding, wallpaper, stationery and decorative items.
  

DESIGN DIRECTOR: Royal Velvet / Group 3 Design - New York (2004)

• Responsible for Royal Velvet's Home core content, design concepts, and all licenses

LICENSED DESIGN CONTRACTS
TABLETOP:
Rosenthal USA - New York (2000 - 2002) Commission for Fern Glass collection

Sasaki - New York (1991 - 2004)

• Designed Best Selling "Palazzo" dinnerware, initiated lifestyle "Casual Dinnerware"
• Licensed ongoing china and glassware collections (7 million wholesale)

STATIONERY: C.R.Gibson - Nashville, TN (1999 - 2005) • Envisioned Best Selling Collections: Everyday, Holiday, Wedding (4 million wholesale)

WALLPAPER: Imperial (IHDG) - Cleveland, OH (1998 - 2002) • Award winning Villa Collection Wallpaper Book (4 million wholesale)

BATH: Creative Bath, Barth & Dreyfuss - New York (2001- 2004)

HOUSEWARES: Sakura - New York (1998 - 2000)

TEXTILES: P. Kaufmann - New York (1997 - 2000) Produced Nouveau Collection

BEDDING: Westpoint,Wamsutta/Springmaid - New York (1993 - 1996)

• Produced collections for Martex Atelier, "Natural Muslin" and eight mass collections

DIRECT to RETAIL
ABC Carpet & Home/ Fellisimo - New York (1992 - 1996) Luxury silk home collections.
SOFA SOMA - New York (1986 - 1992) Boutique Co-owner. Luxury hand-printed textiles.

• BARNEYS NEW YORK: Four Decorative Home Collections. Advertising 1991-1992
• FURNITURE OF THE 20TH CENTURY: Collections of printed silk. ICFF 1990, 1991
• THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Permanent Collection of Decorative Arts, 1992

STAFF DESIGNER (1984 - 1987), FREELANCE DESIGNER - Production (1988 - 1994)

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Board of Visitors Member, UW-Madison: School of Human Ecology, 2003 - Present
• Philadelphia Universtiy: Guest Instructor MFA – Textiles Fall 2010
• Advisory Board: First Book – East Harlem, New York 2006- 2010
• Savannah College of Art and Design: "Working Class" Guest Designer, 2003
• Parsons School of Design and F.I.T: Instructor - Textile Design, 1991 - 1996
• University of Wisconsin - Madison: 1984, B.S. Environ. Textile Design, Dean's List
• Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY, 1984, A.A.S., Textile Design, Dean's List
  
  

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