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Industrial Designer
Philip Kovanis
Farmingdale, NY
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About
Design with the intent to fuse, function with appropriate form, enhancing products to be better and not just different
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Education
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B.S. Industrial DesignSan Francisco State University2005 - 2009
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Experience
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Industrial DesignerMichelinGreenville, SCOct 2016 - Present (8 years 1 month)
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Eyewear and accessories designerFarmingdale, NYNov 2013 - Nov 2016 (3 years)Hardgoods designer for Goggles, snorkeling equipment, and general watersports. Responsibilities include concept design, following market research. Factory correspondence using solidworks to model final models.
Some softgood design as well, caps, lifevest, and training equipment -
Product DesignerKokatat WatersportsOct 2011 - Sep 2012 (11 months)Responsibilities cross from
Concept design,
Production engineering
to product validation and testing.
Considering pattern design for waterproof apparel, and design constraints with PFD's.
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DesignerPlan Toys Inc.Mar 2010 - Oct 2010 (7 months)Developed Concept from research done personally. Was lead designer through concept to production. Six toys were manufactured and introduced to the marketplace. With several thousand units sold
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Product Design InternAdventure Medical KitsFeb 2008 - Jun 2009 (1 year 4 months)Developed, Outdoor Medical and survival kits
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Marketing InternThe Arbor CollectiveJul 2008 - Aug 2008 (1 month)Researched Alternative Clothing Materials.. including Bamboo, Organic Cotton, etc. And developed sourcing relationships. Assisted in Yearly look book and brand book development
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Awards
Designer of "Best toys of 2011"
in Parenting AND Parents magazine, "Best in Show" OR 2013 Kokatat Maximus Lifevest -
Affiliations
Society of Plastics Engineers
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@pkovanis, member since 2011
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