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Profile |
Creative and inventive designer, artist and project management professional,
with an insightful ability to balance aesthetics and design, costs and time.
Dynamic creative career, conceptualizing, designing, managing and advancing
the expressive communication of content, in museum and science exhibitions,
project planning, logos, editorial illustrations, art and posters.
Strong facilitative management skills, in building multi-disciplinary project
teams and to administer creative projects in their entirety.
Successful history of developing and producing compelling, creative and artistic
public communications, driven by content, that resonate with the public. |
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Skills |
Creative |
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Analyze and ascertain how the content optimally guides the design process |
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Conceptualize unique, inventive ideas for design development |
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Strong sense of aesthetics incorporated into design solutions |
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Simplicity in the visual and production aspects of each 2D or 3D design |
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Integration of context and the intuitive into the design solutions |
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Creative Direction |
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Direct the integration of the academic, with the design and production |
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Guide and mentor the design staff to achieve the desired design goals |
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Maintain the design essence to insure the finished design reflects the client |
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Management |
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Supervised many project design teams with budgets from $.5M to +$3M |
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Led numerous searches, interviews and selections for the best talent |
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Experience to direct a wide range of artists, manufacturers and fabricators |
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Design
Consultant |
Director, Designer & Artist
Direction, conceptualization, development, design and project
management of exhibitions, planning, logos, art, book and
editorial illustrations |
1984 to present |
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Client list (partial): |
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Exhibitions |
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African-American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland, CA |
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The design was inspired by the “spoken word” through love, hope and wisdom. |
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Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco, CA |
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The continuity of the Society and it’s Gold Rush origins instilled this design. |
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Japanese-American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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This artistic and sculptural design reflected an immigrant transition to America. |
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JANM, Nippon Gallery, New York City, NY |
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An organic design captured the pioneering spirit of JA immigrants to New York. |
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JANM, Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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A free-form exhibit inspired by the artists’ visions internment could not confine. |
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Paul Masson Wine Museum, Monterey, CA |
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A contemporary design with rugged details, influenced by early winemaking. |
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California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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A “minds-eye” design, drawing from the innovative minds of AA inventors. |
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Monterey Peninsula Airport, Monterey, CA |
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“Stage sets” with travel cartoons from H. Ketchan, E. Dedini and G. Arriola. |
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Exhibition Planning |
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Monterey Bay Aquarium, Future Wing, Monterey, CA |
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New technology and discoveries focused on the submarine canyon. |
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Toro Park Science Center, Salinas, CA |
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An “interactive” house revealed to children their connections to the world. |
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Logo Design |
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA |
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Inspired by the deep ocean Gulper Eel, this logo is an analogy to their mission. |
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Puddle Wonderful, Tiverton, RI |
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A writer’s vision and a poetic quote, combine, to express this firm’s identity. |
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Block Publishing, Pebble Beach, CA |
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This logo symbolizes helping children to learn about science through reading. |
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Alaska Sea Adventures, Petersburg, AK |
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A logo inspired by the rare sight of two Humpback Whale flukes synchronized. |
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Sea Studios, Monterey, CA |
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Brittle stars moving gracefully, symbolizes their unique viewpoint of the world. |
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Monterey Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Monterey, CA |
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Live performances inspired the unique perspective of this logo. |
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Book & Editorial Illustration |
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Block Publishing, Pebble Beach, CA |
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Children’s books bring the sciences to them, through delightful storytelling. |
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Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
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Unique views of sea life inspired this range of colorful, dynamic images. |
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Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Monterey, CA |
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Colorful sea life captures the range and depth of the Monterey Bay Canyon. |
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Sunset Magazine, Menlo Park, CA |
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These nature illustrations amplify their celebration of Western living. |
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Product Design |
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Block TSR, Menlo Park, CA |
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Inventive product collections designed for Hold Everything & Organized Living. |
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USAsia, Monterey, CA |
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Unique, artistic products for the gift and home lines of Red Envelope. |
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Employment
Histoy |
Designer and artist: developed, designed and managed museum exhibition
and furniture design, graphics, illustration and film production |
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Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA |
1980 - 1983 |
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Staff: collaborated in the design of the blending of marine
biology, design, art and life |
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Glen Fleck, Inc., Santa Monica, CA |
1977 - 1979 |
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Staff: Knoll Furniture; Interactive Systems; Air & Space
LAMS&I; films for FDR Memorial, King Khaled Military City;
graphic design for Frank O. Gehry & Associates |
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Design Consultant |
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RS Associates, San Gabriel, CA |
1976 |
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Redesign of the Huntington Library Library Hall for the 1976
Bicentennial Celebration |
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GT Design, San Anselmo, CA |
1975 |
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Designer for the Bay Area History Hall, Oakland Museum, CA
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Office of Gordon Ashby, Inverness, CA |
1974 |
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Staff: Coyote Point Environmental Museum, San Mateo, CA;
Skywatchers, American Museum of Natural History, NY, NY
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John Follis & Associates, Los Angeles, CA |
1973 - 1974 |
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Staff for Man and the Sea, Sea World Florida; architectural graphics
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The Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Venice, CA |
1971 - 1972 |
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Staff: Herman Miller Furniture projects; graphic production
for exhibitions and publications; production on films for IBM
and Polaroid; projects at the Eames House |
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Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design) |
1971 |
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California State University Long Beach, CA |
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Designer |
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Available Upon Request |
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pdf file of this resume
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