David is an American industrial designer based in San Francisco, California. Born and raised in the heart of Appalachian, his creative approach gravitates around quality of materials and elegant design solutions that are simple, but significant. He loves to explore socially responsible products and systems that fit into everyday use.
Currently, David has his own design practice in Oakland called Working Hard, which specializes in physical products, furniture, packaging, and experience design. Previously, David was a co-founder of Eone Timepieces and Lead Designer for their award-winning product, the Bradley timepiece; Design Lead at Pablo; and Design Lead at the now defunct Off-white, which was exploring the product and engineering space of ambient smart lighting.
David holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from George Washington University and a Masters of Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. His work has been shown at The Design Museum in London and The British Museum; and featured in FastCo, Core77, The Washington Post, Gizmodo, BBC News, Deezen, Icon Magazine, Mashable, NPR, and CNET. David’s industrial design work has won Red Dot, and iF design awards.
Contact
david@work-work-work.com
401 403 1340
6050 Lowell St.
Suite 213
Oakland, CA 94608
Awards & Recognition
iF World Design Awards
Design Excellence Award, Product, 2016
Red Dot
Winner Product Design, 2015
London Design Museum
Designs of the Year, 2014
Da Vinci Awards
Environmental Adaptation/Daily
Living or Work Aids, 2014
RISD Industrial Design Triennial
2010 & 2013
Core 77 Design Awards
Professional Notable, Consumer Product, 2015
Selected Clients
Strava
Feature art rendering and digital production for in-product advertising and email campaign
Working Hard
www.work-work-work.com
Co-founder / Project management, industrial design, design for manufacturing sourcing for client products
Sonder
Industrial design, manufacturer sourcing
Pablo Designs
Lead Designer / Lighting industrial design, product engineering and project management
Off White Inc.
Co-Founder / Led industrial design for connected lighting
Fuseproject
Industrial design, concept development, sketching, 3D modeling and rendering
Eone Timepieces
Industrial design, concept design, modeling, and engineering
Business Innovation Factory
Experience Designer / Design research
Rhode Island School of Design
Adjunct Faculty / Packaging design for production