Designer
Toledo, Ohio Area
- Current
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- Owner at reBang
- Past
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- Columnist at Futurismic
- Contractor at Institute for the Future
- Contractor at The Electric Sheep Company
- Writer/Moderator at Core77
- Senior Industrial Designer at Applica Consumer Products
- Freelance Designer at Self-employed
- Industrial Designer at Rubbermaid, Inc
- Industrial Design Consultant at Babcock & Schmid Associates
- U.S. Naval Officer at U.S. Navy
- Education
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- Cleveland Institute of Art
- University of Notre Dame
- Connections
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C. Sven Johnson (csvenjohnson@yahoo.com)’s Summary
Over 15 years combined management, engineering, industrial design and 3D simulation development experience.
C. Sven Johnson (csvenjohnson@yahoo.com)’s Experience
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Owner
reBang
(Design industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
Concept to CAD industrial design and 3D simulation/virtual world development services.
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Columnist
Futurismic
(Online Media industry)
April 2008 — November 2009 (1 year 8 months)
Author of the monthly design-centric column "Future Imperfect" for Futurismic ( http://futurismic.com ) which is primarily geared toward emerging technologies in fields such as rapid manufacturing and augmented reality.
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Contractor
Institute for the Future
(Think Tanks industry)
September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)
Contracted to operate as an "Assistant Game Master"; i.e. to provide administrative management of and contribute expertise in relevant topic areas for the Superstruct "serious" game/crowdsourcing effort ( http://www.superstructgame.org ).
Superstruct is/was the first massively multi-player foresight game launched by the Institute for the Future. The effort officially ran for six weeks and now continues unofficially. -
Contractor
The Electric Sheep Company
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
May 2006 — December 2006 (8 months)
Originally contracted to provide art direction and virtual world user experience/marketing advice for the development of MTV's first virtual world project, Virtual Laguna Beach, I primarily assumed the traditional role of 3D Technical Director; both managing subcontractors and contributing as designer/3D modeler/texture artist. Duties included everything from generating concept art for approval by the show's producers to coordinating with other content development groups as well as maintaining a localized version of the virtual world application for content validation and final preparation for deployment. The project was awarded an Emmy in 2008.
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Writer/Moderator
Core77
(Design industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years )
Contributed written entries to Core77's design-related news blog from 2005 until 2006.
Moderated the Core77 design forum from 2004 until 2005, including the organization and management of the first forum-based design competition. -
Senior Industrial Designer
Applica Consumer Products
(Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)
September 1999 — July 2002 (2 years 11 months)
Senior product designer assigned to Food Prep, Home Environment, Garment Care, and Specialty product lines under the Black & Decker brand. Involved in all aspects of product development; often including mechanism design, product graphics, and marketing visuals. Acquired additional, significant overseas experience in China and Mexico while managing product development projects.
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Freelance Designer
Self-employed
(Design industry)
May 1999 — September 1999 (5 months)
Primarily involved in on-site Alias 3D transportation design modeling.
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Industrial Designer
Rubbermaid, Inc
(Public Company; NWL; Consumer Goods industry)
September 1996 — May 1999 (2 years 9 months)
Staff designer assigned to hardware, seasonal and cleaning product category teams. Involved in all aspects of product development; from consumer encounters market research to Pro/ENGINEER CAD; from concept ideation to overseas tooling, including product development in both Japan and China.
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Industrial Design Consultant
Babcock & Schmid Associates
(Design industry)
May 1994 — August 1996 (2 years 4 months)
On-site industrial design contractor primarily responsible for generating product concepts and design control drawings. Significant time spent developing handheld/mobile wireless data collection devices, consumer media storage products, industrial hardware (welders, spray guns, aso) and lawn products.
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U.S. Naval Officer
U.S. Navy
(Military industry)
May 1985 — May 1989 (4 years 1 month)
Commissioned officer with primary duties having included:
- Ship's Navigator and Administrative Department Head
- Ship's Lead Engineer/QA Team Manager for major ship's overhaul (>$40M)
- Division Officer responsible for concurrently managing two engineering divisions of over 70 personnel.
- Command Duty Officer qualified; primary Officer of the Deck (underway/special ops)
Secondary duties included but not limited to: Ship's Training Officer, Firefighting Team Leader, Ship's Self Defense Force Team Leader, and Ship's Overseas Liaison.
C. Sven Johnson (csvenjohnson@yahoo.com)’s Education
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Cleveland Institute of Art
BFA , Industrial Design , 1989 — 1994
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University of Notre Dame
B.Sc. , Aerospace Engineering , 1981 — 1985
Additional Information
C. Sven Johnson (csvenjohnson@yahoo.com)’s Websites:
C. Sven Johnson (csvenjohnson@yahoo.com)’s Honors:
Assistant Game Master for Superstruct, APF's "Most Important Futures Work of 2008" (2008)
Art Director for Emmy Award Winning MTV Virtual World Project (2006)
Individual Achievement Award - Applica Consumer Products Inc. (2000)
U.S. Navy Achievement Medal (1987) - received for managing the multi-million dollar overhaul and upgrade of a U.S. Navy warship.
