David VanArsdale

David VanArsdale

Product Designer • Object Producer • Movement Firestarter

Greater Atlanta Area

Current
Past
  • co-founder / creative director at thing farm
Education
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
Connections
160 connections
Industry
Design
Websites

David VanArsdale’s Summary

I am the founder of Resource, an Atlanta based creative agency. At Resource, we believe design is a service, and that designers have a social responsibility to serve their local and global communities. We have a vision of building a community where arrogance and ignorance are replaced with compassion and responsibility.

I am also part-time faculty in the Industrial Design department at Georgia Institute of Technology, where I teach junior level design studio and a sophomore 'sketching and making' class.

When I am not designing or making, I also DJ around town to get my music kicks.

David VanArsdale’s Specialties:

I specialize in lending a honest and quick hand to design and make exactly what you needed, in an object you might have never imagined.


David VanArsdale’s Experience

  • Part-Time Faculty

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    August 2008Present (1 year 4 months)

    I teach a junior level industrial design studio and a sophomore level 'sketching and making' course.

    I love teaching !

  • Owner

    Resource, LLC

    (Privately Held; Design industry)

    June 2008Present (1 year 6 months)

    Resource is a multi-disciplinary creative firm. We exist to seek out and provide service to companies, organizations, and individuals who have the motivation to build a better future with their own capacities. These entities seldom know what a 'creative firm' is capable of doing for them, and rarely have the budget to find out. We aim to broadcast the function of good design and provide a unique service of comprehensive investigation with a generous and pertinent response.

    Our work and expertise covers a wide spectrum from digital elements to physical objects; corporate identities to custom interiors. Working in both of these worlds gives us the necessary means to guide clients towards the most appropriate and responsible solutions. We believe design is a service, and that designers have a social responsibility to serve their community. Resource exists to fulfill this responsibility.
    Our work and expertise covers a wide spectrum from digital elements to physical objects; corporate identities to custom interiors. Working in both of these worlds gives us the necessary means to guide clients towards the most appropriate and responsible solutions.

    We believe design is a service, and that designers have a social responsibility to serve their community. To uphold this responsibility, we seek out local and sustainable solutions to the material sourcing, acquisition, production and life cycle of any object we bring into the world.

  • Disc Jockey

    DJ DVA

    (Design industry)

    August 2006Present (3 years 4 months)

    I spin an eclectic mix of indie electro, hip-hop, break beat, and house music. I have played at clubs such as MJQ, Lenny's, The Masquerade, and Decatur Social Club. I also DJ special events.

  • co-founder / creative director

    thing farm

    (Design industry)

    January 2006March 2008 (2 years 3 months)

    A design co-op turned East Atlanta design-build shop. Members included co-founder David Ringholz, Florian Vollmer, Matt Leach, Okan Arslan, and Wes McGee.

    We dissolved and went our own creative ways in March of 2008 after a successful run of things.


David VanArsdale’s Education

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

    BS , Industrial Design , 20012006

    Activities and Societies:
    IDSA president 2004. Studio 104.

Additional Information

David VanArsdale’s Websites:

David VanArsdale’s Interests:

Design, Photography, Motion Video, Woodworking, Machines, Adventures, Fixed-Gear Bicycles, Cats, Accordions, Electronic Music.

David VanArsdale’s Groups:

IDSA

  •    Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
  •    Industrial Design

David VanArsdale’s Honors:

Atlanta Downtown Design Excellence Award ( design and build work at Luckie Food Lounge while at thing farm )


David VanArsdale’s Contact Settings

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