e
Freelance Industrial Designer
Evan Landau
New York, NY
Available Now
- Contact
- Save to list
-
About
Evan is a nyc-based industrial designer // brand strategist // ethnographic researcher with an emphasis on sustainable materials, manufacturing, and communities. He has a background in mechanical engineering and business from Dartmouth College, and started his career in brand strategy and qualitative research consulting. At Parsons Evan focused on repurposing & utilizing untapped materials from waste streams to incorporate them into product design & manufacturing processes.
-
Education
-
MFA Industrial DesignParsons School of Design2020
-
B.A Mechanical Engineering + Studio ArtDartmouth College2015
-
-
Experience
-
Founder // Lead DesignerNew York, NYJan 2020 - Present (4 years 11 months)Independent freelance work with clients such as Google, Canon, Kraft, and several start ups on a variety of full-scope product design, manufacturing, brand strategy, and ethnographic research projects
-
Industrial DesignerRemediNew York, NY- Independent freelance work with clients on a variety of full-scope product design manufacturing brand strategy and ethnographic research projects
-
Industrial Design Freelancer - Design products and seek out opportunitiesAnthropocene.DesignBrooklyn, NYPresentsustainable materials and applications through the NGO side of a small industrial design agency
-
Independent InterviewerManhattan Outreach Consortium & Human.NYCNew York, NY- Conduct and analyze 1-on-1 qualitative interviews with street homeless individuals in Manhattan on behalf of social worker agencies CUCS & Goddard Uptown
-
Senior Analyst, DesignKelton GlobalNew York, NYEthnographic & Qualitative Research - Perform fieldwork & analysis for a variety of research methodologies. Focus in product/service design innovation engagements. Key roles in project client management, including global fieldwork. Writing piece: Research perspectives on self-driving cars
-
Horizon Media Inc.New York, NY* Assistant Strategist, Mobile - Consulting on marketing opportunities in mobile landscape, specializing in analytics & strategy. Facilitate client growth through mobile trend analysis. Compile competitive analyses to support new business pitches * Organizer of two industry events - ad blocking software & virtual reality content (media coverage)
-
-
Awards
Sustainable Vision Thesis Award, MFA degree with honors
-
Affiliations
IDSA, GreenLeaders certification
-
Industries
-
Skills
-
Elsewhere on the Web
-
On Coroflot@LANDAUDESIGN, member since 2020