Duane Smith Email & Phone Number

California

Hundred Mile House is a design/build firm that leads all phases of residential design and construction, from concept to construction management to custom furnishings. After 25 years as an entrepreneur and designer of everything from lighting to apparel to homes, founder Duane Smith brings a breadth of knowledge and a unique perspective to residential.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Creating ambitious projects for television and film across all genres that explore socio-political topics in unexpected and engaging ways.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

We teach a results-driven, pragmatic approach to how design can advance initiatives at all levels of your organization.This is professional development for c-suite executives, staff, and entrepreneurs across a range of service and product industries, design-centric or not.We de-mystify good design and establish a universal, accessible methodology that.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Anaheim, CA

My responsibilities included oversight of all creative activities for Targus Group brands, including Targus, Sena, and a number of OEM partners. Creative functions included R&D, industrial design for soft goods and hard goods, engineering and development, packaging, creative services, photography and web.

Hong Kong

My senior leadership role within Reebok's Asia-Pacific hub involved the direction of all product creation and merchandising of apparel and accessories throughout the region including: setting strategy for the brand’s regional product architecture, creative direction of all apparel and accessories created by 20 designers across five creation centers (mix of.

Boston

My successes with the apparel design team lead the senior leadership team to task me with revamping the global product graphics team. Challenges with this team’s history lead me to restructure the 24 person team, change processes, introduce new creation calendars, and fast-track the team’s professional development and engagement. Within six months, my.

Boston

My responsibilities within the Reebok global apparel design group included: leading the outerwear, sports basics apparel, and accessories design teams which accounted for approximately 60% of the brand’s apparel business; leading strategic programs to reinvigorate these categories and the brand as a whole; driving vision for new apparel collections to.

Vessel was launched to create practical, versatile products for the home that embodied our appreciation for simple, everyday housewares combined with our talents in high-tech consumer product development. My responsibilities at Vessel spanned all aspects of operating a global consumer product brand, including: consumer and market insights, product and.

Release1 was a volunteer-run organization and design consultancy created to provide an opportunity for designers to explore the impact of design on society when isolated from traditional market forces. I lead a number of strategy and creativity workshops with corporate clients, including P&G and Mattel. My leadership roles within Release1 included.

Altitude is a leading Boston-area product development firm. I was the lead client services and program manager for a top personal computer company on a 1-year contract.

Insight is a product development consultancy with offices in Chicago and Boston. As a senior design in the Boston office, I was responsible for industrial and interface design for consumer electronics, industrial equipment and medical device industries clients.

Lunar is a leading San Francisco-based product development consultancy. As an industrial designer in their Boston satellite office, I was responsible for industrial design and user interface development for a number of clients in the medical device and industrial equipment fields.

Ottawa, Canada Area