Senior Designer at BOLTgroup
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
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- Senior Designer at BOLTgroup
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- Sole Proprietor at Kräutstache Design
- Senior Designer at Propane Design Group
- Design Intern at Creature, LLC
- Education
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- Georgia Institute of Technology
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Kurt Rampton’s Summary
Senior industrial designer at BOLTgroup, a Charlotte design consultancy.
I handle research, conceptualization, and design development for new products with high complexity and scope. My role is to generate ideas and solutions to benefit the user's experience and the client's bottom line. I specialize in human-factors, aesthetic, mechanical, and sustainability challenges. I work closely with the diverse and talented team at BOLTgroup to realize innovation in products and delight in users.
Kurt Rampton’s Specialties:
Human factors, form development, design for sustainability, user experience, brand impression, product innovation
Kurt Rampton’s Experience
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Senior Designer
BOLTgroup
(Privately Held; Design industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Sole Proprietor
Kräutstache Design
(Design industry)
November 2007 — September 2009 (1 year 11 months)
Freelance Designer, Product and Graphic Design: conducts research, conceptualization and development of out-there ideas. Designs solutions to real problems. Resolves human-factors, aesthetic, mechanical and sustainability challenges for new products. Works closely with
ambitious, risk-taking clients to create new categories and paradigms. Utilizes a network of talented super-nerds to provide complete solutions.
Services: Product Design
Solutions-oriented research. Inspired brainstorming. Communicative sketching. Gorgeous rendering. Accurate 3D modeling. Home-run presentations.
Services: Graphics and Branding
Unique, category-owning brands. Lucid logos. Dazzling websites. Collateral with impact. -
Senior Designer
Propane Design Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
May 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 6 months)
Handled research, conceptualization and development of products with high complexity and scope. Designed form, aesthetics, and usability for projects including exercise equipment, industrial tools, sports equipment, and furniture. Determined materials, construction, form, color, finish, and manufacturing processes in cooperation with product engineers. Developed new brand identities, web-sites, and marketing materials for new-tech start-ups and established companies. Managed planning, personnel assignment, and resource allocation for new projects. Provided design and project leadership to lower-level designers. 2006-2007
Staff Designer, handled research, design and development for all new projects. Worked with the client to develop project criteria and goals. Developed and presented documentation necessary to convey design solutions to the client, including sketches, renderings, CAD models, sketch models, mechanical drawings and written reports. 2005-2006 -
Design Intern
Creature, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year )
Contributed to all phases of projects including soft-goods, consumer electronics, and graphics. Created sketch concepts, renderings, and study-models to assist designers. Developed documentation to communicate design solutions to clients. 2004-2005
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Intern
CCI - Concept Center International
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
Large power-tool design group for Ryobi, Craftsman, and Ridgid brands. Extensive brainstorming, sketching, and presentation preparation. Assisted with market research, product testing, product design and packaging. 2004
Kurt Rampton’s Education
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2000 — 2005
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Kurt Rampton’s Interests:
Design as Art and Art as Design, Cycling, traveling, current events, and contemporary fiction
Kurt Rampton’s Groups:
IDSA, Faster Mustache
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Industrial Design
Kurt Rampton’s Honors:
IDSA National Merit Award Winner, 2005
Kurt Rampton’s Contact Settings
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