Colin Matsco, Industrial Designer in Los Angeles, CA

About

“Human needs and desires, functionality and service to people are at the core of my design. It is my passion to listen and learn with humility while designing appropriate solutions for a changing world. My goal is to bring excellent design skills, an exceptional work ethic, cohesiveness and humor to every team I work with.”

Education

Industrial and Product Design

Carnegie Mellon University

2004 - 2007

Experience

Auto Designer

Honda R&D

Jun 2008 - Present (16 years 5 months)

I specialize in creating attractive, cost-effective, groundbreaking solutions for the vehicle interior through form, human experience, and interface that define the future of the Honda/Acura brands. All designs focus on maximizing the human experience by identifying needs, distilling key insights, and then designing an optimized product that delights our customer.
Design Intern

Smart Design

Feb 2008 - May 2008 (3 months)

Design Consultancy work specializing in consumer products for companies such as OXO, Samsung, Clorox, etc. Focused on sketching to key consumer insights and making rapid foam mock ups to test for quick user feedback.
Advanced Products Group Intern

New Balance

Jun 2007 - Aug 2007 (2 months)

Internship for Boston based footwear company within the Advanced Products Group. Focus involved research into Gym culture and needs through interviews with industry experts and users. Emphasized critical thinking, sketching, and defining the vision and strategy for future products.
Freelancer

Letterthirteen Design

Dec 2005 - Jul 2007 (1 year 7 months)

Internship for Pittsburgh based design firm specializing in industrial Design and Graphic Design. Position focuses on industrial Design and creating brand identity for clients. Projects include automotive part illustration and product innovation. clients: Promedica, Bayer, exoticars Dec 2005 - 2007
ID intern

Daedalus Excel

Feb 2007 - May 2007 (3 months)

Internship for design house specializing in industrial Design and engineering. Work focused primarily on medical industry and consumer products. Position involved sketching, prototyping, solidworks modeling
and rendering. spring 2007
Intern

Bayer MaterialScience

May 2005 - Sep 2006 (1 year 4 months)

Future Business Group seasonal intern. full-time summer position concentrating on conceptualization of automotive applications and general design, including collaboration with carnegie science center sustainability exhibit. extensive interface with engineers, designers, chemists, and materials experts; regular client interface. summer 2005, summer 2006

Skills

On Coroflot

@quakeroats, member since 2008

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Colin Matsco

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

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)