Sr. Industrial Designer

Josiah LaColla

Farmington Hills, MI

About

Josiah’s creative passion is centered around the unification of design emotion and technology. A logical, calculated approach to aesthetic design paired with real-world mechanical understanding has vaulted his ability as a creative designer to communicate with all levels of design and manufacturing.
Education
- BFA Industrial Design
  
  College for Creative Studies
  
  2004 - 2008
  
  Studied Industrial design with concentrations both in Transportation and Product design.
Experience
- Sr Industrial Designer, Vehicle Design Specialist
  
  Sundberg-Ferar
  
  Walled Lake, MI
  
  Nov 2013 - Present (11 years)
- Industrial designer
  
  American Specialty Cars
  
  Warren, MI
  
  Sep 2010 - Nov 2013 (3 years 2 months)
- Industrial Designer
  
  Specialized Vehicles, Inc
  
  Troy, MI
  
  Aug 2008 - Sep 2010 (2 years 1 month)
Awards

Renderings Featured on AOL's Autoblog, 2010, 2013, 2014

Vehicles shown at SEMA 2008, 2009

Rendering published in Automobile Magazine 6.2008

Annual CCS Student Exhibition 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

New York Academic Art Competition 1st Prize 2004

New York Congressional Art Exhibition Congressional Medal, Scholarship Funding 2003
Industries
- Transportation
Skills
Elsewhere on the Web
- 4
On Coroflot

@jlacolla, member since 2008
- Following 6
- Followers 19

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