Steve Howell Email & Phone Number

A cool idea is a cool idea!

Listed skills include Industrial Design, Product Development, Product Design, Design Strategy, and 19 others.

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  Managing Director

  Creative Instore Solutions Pty Ltd.

  1995 - Present

  I started Creative Instore Solutions in 1995 based on my ability to combine two passions of design and selling people my ideas. Knowing that what I was planning would be a new model in Australia, as an outsourcer of high end industrial design, spurred me on and continues to drive me forward. The key turning points in CIS’ and therefore my professional history include expanding into China to allow a global reach to the ever expanding client base. This manufacturing… Show more I started Creative Instore Solutions in 1995 based on my ability to combine two passions of design and selling people my ideas. Knowing that what I was planning would be a new model in Australia, as an outsourcer of high end industrial design, spurred me on and continues to drive me forward. The key turning points in CIS’ and therefore my professional history include expanding into China to allow a global reach to the ever expanding client base. This manufacturing expansion coupled with winning ‘Display of the Year’ at the global Point of Purchase (POP) awards in Chicago 2008 in the Permanent category, with a product that was ultimately exported to over 48 countries, put CIS and my vision as an innovator in the POP market globally.I am most passionate about “cool ideas” and ensuring that CIS is living and breathing our clients’ brands to be part of the long term plan to reach a brands business objectives. A great moment of personal pride for me was when CIS rolled their millionth unit off the factory floor for Lenovo. Show less

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  Sydney College Of The Arts

  Industrial And Product Design