Resumé
.. Philip J. Karl
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……234 Williams Street Providence RI 02906
……phil@philkarldesign.com 401.225.0058
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………. ..EDUCATION
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN Providence RI 1990-1994
BFA Industrial Design
R & D TECHNOLOGIES Kingston RI 2004
… 3D CAD Solidworks 2004-2007
.. EXPERIENCE
DELTA CYCLE Foxboro MA
DESIGN DIRECTOR 2002-Present
Design bicycle and in-home products from concept to production. Manage in-house and
freelance designers on multiple projects with multiple time lines.
SAMSONITE CORPORATION Warren RI
SENIOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER 1996-2002
FREELANCE DESIGN 2002-Present
Deeply involved in all aspects of soft side luggage and laptop case design. Routinely take
projects from initial concept generation to final vendor production on cut & stitch fabrication
as well plastic and metal component design.
GILLETTE Boston MA 2003-Present
FREELANCE DESIGN
Work in an outside team designing various products supporting their Venus and Sensor
razor lines. Took designs from concept generation to passing off 3D CAD models to the
engineering department.
XIMEDICA Providence, RI 2009
FREELANCE DESIGN
Worked with their in-house design team on concept generation.
Fellows Inc. Chicago, IL 2009
FREELANCE DESIGN
Developed new lines of soft goods for their mobile phone and electronics category.
APC Kingston RI 2005-2007
FREELANCE DESIGN
Designed a line of laptop soft cases that act as a vehicle for a line of their recharging/
battery products. Concept development for the APC home theater power surge
protection line.
GEMLINE Lawrence MA 2004-2009
FREELANCE DESIGN
Work on an ongoing basis with their in-house design team. Concept generation through
final 3D cad for hardware and soft good product which helps separate their line from
others in the market.
CASCADE LACROSSE Liverpool NY 2003-2007
FREELANCE DESIGN
Package design and concept generation for multiple products.
CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS Newton MA 1999
FREELANCE DESIGN
Developed aesthetic design of a “virtual” surround sound speaker. The “TV WORKS 250”
was well received and launched a new line of product.
.. SKILLS
-Successful in managing teams and leading projects
-Comfortable working in groups as well as independently
-Experience in negotiating Far East product development
-Solidworks, Rhino, Illustrator, Vellum, Photoshop
-Rendering, engineering drawing, concept generation
-Extensive knowledge of plastic molding and mold making
-Extensive knowledge of both metal and wood fabrication
-Extensive knowledge of cut and stitch materials and fabrication