Designer

Nathaniel Paffett-Lugassy

San Francisco, CA

About

I’m a product designer and tinkerer located in San Francisco with a passion for technology, education, and building strong communities.
Education
- BFA Industrial Design Product Design
  
  Carnegie Mellon University
  
  2007 - 2011
  
  Received School of Design Merit Award in 2009
Experience
- Design Manager
  
  Fictiv
  
  San Francisco, CA
  
  Apr 2018 - Present (6 years 8 months)
  
  Leading design across core B2B, internal tools, and manufacturing partner experiences.
- Senior Designer
  
  VWGoA Electronics Research Lab
  
  Belmont, CA
  
  Mar 2013 - Aug 2017 (4 years 5 months)
  
  Shaped long-term roadmaps for Audi, Bentley, Porsche, and VW through UX, UI, and hardware prototypes.
- Designer
  
  point b design
  
  Philadelphia, PA
  
  Jun 2012 - Jan 2013 (7 months)
  
  Applied generative design methodologies to furniture, and assisted with fabrication, marketing, and branding at this boutique architecture design-build firm.
- Instructor
  
  Keewaydin Environmental Education Center
  
  Salisbury, VT
  
  Sep 2011 - May 2012 (8 months)
  
  Guided middle school students to learn from the natural environment. I taught them about various communities and the role they played in natural history, local history, land-use, and human impact.
Awards

School of Design Merit Award

Mentioned in Jan-Feb 2010 article in Interactions magazine
Industries
- Consumer Electronics
Skills
Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot

@yssagul, member since 2008
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