Marco Vanella Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, California, Us

The Creative Director role at STEL was multi-faceted with responsibilities in Content, Team, Design, Manufacturing and Business Development. I lead a team of designers including Industrial Design, Digital and Packaging to deliver a forward-looking future point of view in every design program, aligning the work with Engineering, Product Management and Manufacturing.In addition to core program activities I actively contribute to STEL's self initiated projects and lead the design and development of start-up brands, Luno, Bunker and AIIR.> Creative Direction and Design Lead for interdisciplinary projects. Design Strategy, Human Factor study, Industrial Design, DFM, Branding, Website, Packaging.> Designed and led multiple projects in various product categories: Consumer Electronics, AR/VR Headsets, Wearables, E-Mobility, Soft-Goods, Outdoor Products, Sport Equipment, Apparel, Eyewear, Toys, Medical Products and Defense/Security Equipment.> Shaped and led the STEL brand look and feel and the Design DNA from the ground-up.> Consistently evolve the design thinking and design execution that led the Studio in 6 years to win design recognition in 5 projects and 2 maximum Design Awards in IDEA and RED-DOT contests, positioning the Studio at a world-class level.> Build and Lead an in-house soft-good product development process to move designs to mass production.> Source and manage design external resources and partner factories.> Actively contribute through quality Industrial Designs, which expanded 400% the company turn-over and size in 6 years, and consolidate and generate new partnerships with clients.> Direct and Lead innovative Concept Designs, that helped Start-ups to raise over 32M in funding.> Led Design Strategy, Industrial design, UX design of a successful Kickstarter campaign that was 1000% founded and raised 1M.

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

Designed and led multiple projects in various product categories. Worked on Designstrategy, concept generation, design execution and production support and follow-up as wellas mentorship and leadership of junior designers within the projects. Clients include Patagonia, Under Armor, Lowepro, Costa del Mar, Serengeti, Ride 100%, Pelican, GSI Outdoor, CMC Rescue, Eyeojo Corp., Fluid Stance, Grand Trunk, Homedics and MuziK.> Led the Design Strategy for Costa Del Mar, that is currently being used to define today's Collections. Directed and Managed a team of 6 designers.> Led the Design Strategy for Under Armour tactical eyewear division.> Industrial Design for over 40 eyewear pieces from Collection Design and Eye-shape Development to, 3D Modeling, and CMFG.> Collection Design and Industrial Design for Serengeti and Lowepro, that elevate the brands to a Lifestyle market.> Performance Industrial design for Firefighter , Search and Rescue and Military personnel for clients like Patagonia and CMC Rescue.> Industrial Design for Home Electronics, Outdoor Products, Home Office accessories, Mobile Accessories, Audio Equipment, First Responder Equipment and Optics.

Fribourg, Ch

Product Design for Winter Sports, Motor Sport and Bike departments. R&D, Design and product development of protections, helmets, bike shoes, ski boots, bottle cages and goggle accessories. Concept development – 3D Modeling - Prototyping - Techpack – Graphic Design – Brand Development.> Contributed to develop the Design DNA of the Bike Helmet division that is currently used today.> Led the Body Protection Design for bike and winter sports. > Built a strong R&D know-how within the Body Protection team.

Kennelbach, Vorarlberg, At

R&D of a new concept of Diving Fins: market trends, biomechanical analysis, concept development, construction and testing of prototypes. As an IED Design Student.

Torino, It

Development of a new cushioning technology in running shoes. Creation of the identity of the technology in order to be associated with the brand. As an IED Design Student.

Master Course In - Design For Sport, Industrial Design

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial Design