Industrial Designer

Carlos Torres

Jersey City, NJ

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Industrial Designer with a Mechanical Engineering background.
Education
- MFA Industrial Design
  
  Academy of Art University
  
  2007 - 2010
- BFA Industrial Design
  
  Academy of Art University
  
  2002 - 2005
- Engineer's degree Mechanical Engineering
  
  Universidad de Los Andes
  
  1997 - 2001
Experience
- Industrial Designer
  
  Urban Studio
  
  Apr 2012 - Present (12 years 7 months)
  
  Owner/Designer
- Event Planning Engineer
  
  Blueprint Studios
  
  Sep 2011 - Mar 2012 (6 months)
  
  Portable furniture designer which included bars, stage sets, tables and seating. Was also in charge of creating floor plan layouts for different types of events.
- Industrial Designer
  
  McGuire Furniture
  
  Jun 2011 - Oct 2011 (4 months)
  
  Design and development of furniture for future collections.
- Furniture Designer
  
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  
  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010
  
  Cardboard chair design for the 75th Anniversary to highlight the museum’s chair collection.
- Furniture Designer
  
  India Rose LLC
  
  Jun 2009 - Jul 2009 (1 month)
  
  Design and development of a furniture collection.
- Lighting and Bath Fixture Designer
  
  Pottery Barn
  
  Nov 2005 - Mar 2006 (4 months)
  
  Lighting and bath fixture designer.
- Assistant Designer
  
  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
  
  2005 - 2005
  
  Development of visual boards and final presentation for seasonal collections.
- Head Design Engineer
  
  Rapiscol S.A.
  
  Sep 2001 - Sep 2002 (1 year)
  
  Researched, learned and put into practice major principles of project implementation, enabling me to carry out several time-sensitive engineering design development efforts simultaneously.
  
  Built team collaboration by delegating and empowering individuals who took responsibility and worked at their best.
Awards

Honor Roll distinction for the 2004 Spring Semester.

Recognition for outstanding academic achievement for the 2010 Fall semester.

Chosen by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to design a cardboard chair for the 75th Anniversary of their chair collection.
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Carlos Torres

Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)