CREATIVE DIRECTOR: HOME & GIFT PRODUCTS
Strong aesthetic sensibility with expertise innovating branded products. Deep knowledge of design combined with experience in licensing, marketing and editorial. Silver, porcelain, glass, textiles, and paper, with specific interests in colored gemstones and organic concepts.

WORK EXPERIENCE
LUNT Silversmiths - Creative Director: New York (April 2008-Present)

• New Introductions: Sterling Julep Collection, .999 Fine Silver Frames, Feather Collection, Oscar de la Renta Personal & Home Accessories
• LUNT Brand Focus: Identity, Packaging, Sales and Marketing Tools, P.R. Strategies
• Licensees: Oscar de la Renta, NY Botanical Garden, MFA - Boston, Disney, Eric Carle
• Product Design: Establishing creative concepts for Lunt Brand, Lunt Baby, Licensees
• Public Relations: Gump’s “Made in the Shade”, Lunt Archives – Limited Edition Book
• Showroom Design: New displays for Lunt Sterling, Couzon Flatware, NYBG, etc.
• Merchandise: Editing of existing and sourced products to refine categories
• New Business Development: Initiated reconnections with State Department, Eric Carle
– Barnes & Noble, Harry Allen and MFA, Boston for 2010 American Wing

    Lunt Limited Edition Sterling Book (PDF)

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

Orange HOWELL: Limited Edition Gifts New York (Present)
• Designed Gift Products, Developed Business Model, Marketing Concepts, Brand Image

CONSULTING 2005 - 2007
Whole Foods Market (Winter 2006 – Spring 2007) Whole Living Lifestyle Brand
• Produced Presentations: Vendor Guide, Color Palettes, 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
• Advisory Board: First Book – East Harlem, New York Present
• Advisory Board: Textiles, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY Present
• Board of Visitors Member, UW-Madison: School of Human Ecology, 2003 - Present
• 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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