JUSTIN COHEN
jcohendesign@gmail.com
614.425.1271
18 Ferncliff Rd.
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
EXPERIENCE----------
- Design Director: Medusa.; (New York, NY)
Winter 2020 - Current
Design direction, industrial design, mechanical engineering,
product development, rapid ideation & prototyping
- Senior Industrial Designer: Coronet.; (New York, NY)
Spring 2018 - Winter 2020
Industrial design, mechanical engineering, product development,
Solidworks, Adobe software, rapid ideation & prototyping
- Lead Designer: Puffco.; (Brooklyn, NY)
Winter 2017 - Spring 2018
Industrial design, design direction, project management, product development,
Solidworks, Adobe software, rapid ideation & prototyping
- Design Manager / Senior Designer: Cambridge Silversmiths.; (Pine Brook, NJ)
Fall 2008 - Winter2017
Project management, product development, brand management & identity:
(crate&barrel, fiestaware, food network, restoration hardware, thirsty stone)
trend analysis, Solidworks, Adobe software, rapid ideation & prototyping
- Principal and Founder: Jcohendesign.; (New York, NY)
Summer 2005 - Current
Design, branding, and product engineering consulting,
(see client list below).
- Product Designer: A2 Inc.; (New York, NY)
Fall 2006 - Fall 2008
Project management, product development, brand management & identity:
(Blackbeam, Wilton, Jarden, Kaskey kids) Solidworks operator,
Adobe software, rapid ideation & prototyping, concept
presentation, (see client list below).
- CAD Operator, Project Estimation: GTC; (Columbus, OH)
Summer 2006 - Fall 2006
Signage fabrication, Auto-CAD, general fabrication,
material procurement, project estimation.
DESIGN SKILLS----------
- Design management / Product development
- Concept generation
- Branding solutions
- CAD solutions
- Product engineering
- Manufacturing experience: stamping, forging, casting of metals,
injection molding, vacuum / pressure forming of plastics and other synthetics
COMPUTER SKILLS----------
- Solidworks
- Photoshop.
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Keyshot
- Objet: 3-D Printing Capabilities
- Catalyst: 3-D Printing Capabilities
- Ashlar-Vellum Graphite
- Rhinoceros 3D
- Form-Z
- Auto-CAD
- Microsoft Office
- Mac & PC savvy
HONORS & EXHIBITED DESIGNS----------
- Several product patents
- PUBLISHED: HIGH TIMES SPRING 18’
- PUBLISHED: THE KNOT SPRING 16’
- PUBLISHED: POPULAR MECHANICS JUNE 12'
- Good Design Award 10'
- IDEA award 10'
- PUBLISHED: POPULAR SCIENCE SEPT. 09'
- IDEA award 08'
- CCAD Deans List
- CCAD portfolio award
- CCAD scholarship award letter
- Retail signage for Rag-o-Rama 06'
- Inniswood Furniture Exhibition 05'
CLIENT LIST----------
- Eleven Madison Park
- Jono Pandolfi USA
- Oscar De La Renta
- Sabert
- Blackfire LLC
- Nambe
- JCPenny
- Bloomingdales
- Jarden
- Crate & Barrel
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Martha Stewart
- Lenox
- Haier
- Wilton
- Lifetime Brands
- Pottery Barn
- Kohl's
- Cambridge Silversmiths
- Circle Glass
- Macy's
- Kaskey Kids
- Futai
- Walmart
- West Elm
- William Sonoma
- Restoration Hardware
- Target
- Vio-light
EDUCATION----------
- BFA in Industrial Design, (Columbus College of Art & Design) 2006
REFERENCES----------
- Available upon request