Nicholas Hixon
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About
Nicholas Hixon is a multifaceted designer. Graduating from Ringling College of Art & Design in May 2010, Nicholas received his B.F.A. in Interior Architecture with a concentration of his senior thesis on yacht design and naval architecture.
He currently resides in Milwaukee, WI practicing Industrial Design for an International Design company called DCIartform since May 2014
Outside of Industrial Design, Nicholas still has a strong passion for Interior Architecture, Yacht design, Fashion Design and infusing art and science within food sculptures.
As artists and designers he feels it's our duty to explore the different avenues of design and learn from them to benefit and help our creativity and talent grow.
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Education
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Interior DesignRingling College of Art & Design2006 - 2010
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B.F.A. Interior DesignRingling College of Art and Design2006 - 2010Led Student Design Team Published on School's Website under "Ringling Voices" Published in Perspective Magazine April, 2010 Work published in School's 2011 catalog
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Experience
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Industrial DesignerMilwaukee, WIMay 2014 - Present (10 years 6 months)I work within the Consumer Electronics sector of DCI, working with fortune 50 and 100 companies, through conceptual, artistic and digital solutions to help make the clients wanting more from me every time.
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Freelance DesignerCliff RaptorPortland, MEAug 2012 - Present (11 years 5 months)Creating fashion pieces, paintings and culinary works of art.
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Technical Illustrator/ DesignerVeenendaalCave, Inc.Jul 2012 - Present (12 years 4 months)Just started this past Monday and very excited for this new job! I get to work with great people, a fun environment and draw everyday! best job ever!
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Interior design graduaten/a-freelanceAug 2010 - Present (14 years 3 months)worked on a design entrepaneur contest and proposed a business called Burgundy Brush, which was a relaxing studio that had an equal balance of visual arts and wine, You could learn about both and of course sample and use both, it was one of the reasons i returned home (Maine) after my summer Internship of 2010.
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Interior Designer, Graphic Designer, MarektingMSTSD, IncApr 2011 - Jun 2012 (1 year 2 months)Worked with Project managers and design principles on eight different projects from site visits, construction documentationff, spacial planning, material selections, presentations, FF+E selections, graphic design and marketing for the firm.
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BaristaStarbucksSep 2010 - Mar 2011 (6 months)served and made coffee in an upbeat, very fast paced environment. Learned to deal with difficult customers and had a ton of fun doing it.
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Intern-Interior Design and renovationSypris Electronics, LLCJun 2010 - Aug 2010 (2 months)I was hired as an intern and was able to create concepts, drawings, renderings, construction documentation, and presentations for the engineers. I created two conference rooms, a demo lab, a cyber security lab and a 6,000 s.f. engineering studio which held 69 engineers.
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Awards
Published in Perspectives Magazine 2010
Interviewed on National Public Radio 2010
Published in Interior Design Magazine 2010
Published on College's website under "Ringling Voices" 2010
Published in College's Catalog 2010
President of IIDA Chapter at College 2009 -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@nhixon, member since 2010
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