ZIGZAG // Steelcase Inc. // Role: Concept Creator, Patent Holder
ZigZag began as a personal project which was absorbed into the product development of Media:Scapes. Initially, the problem that fascinated me was to create linear seating that accommodated a variety of postures, and productive relative postures to other people. Also, I was interested in exploring a variety of planning possibilities with a small kit of parts.

STUDIO TABLE // Steelcase Inc. // Role: Lead Designer, Patent Holder
Created for the Asian market, this table was designed to address power and data distribution in an image-driven environment. The patented beam construction allows a span of up to 14' without intermediate support. Although the table is available with a number of surface options, the structure was designed to look beautiful through a glass top.

MEDIA:SCAPE // Steelcase Inc. // Role: Designer, Researcher
Media:Scape was a long research project before becoming a product. After engaging in months of research into technology in collaborative environments, I was responsible for the first "looks like" model builds in order to assumptions about ways of working. Shortly before I left Steelcase, IDEO took over the project's development in early 2007.

NEOCON HOSPITALITY & ENTERTAINMENT SPACE // Steelcase Inc. // Role: Lead Designer
For the Neocon trade show in 2006, I was responsible for the Hospitality & Entertainment Space, which included custom-made freestanding walls which doubled as lounge seating.

ELECTIVE ELEMENTS 6 // Steelcase Inc. // Role: Designer
Elective Elements 6 (EE6) is Steelcase's premium systems product. I joined the project after its Neocon debut, however had a chance to work out many details in order to prepare it for its first ship date.

DYADIC SLICE // Steelcase Inc. // Role: Lead Designer, Patent Holder // Featured: Time Magazine, CNN
The Dyadic Slice is a conceptual space for 2 people (a "You and I Space") intended for short impromptu meetings. The inside of the Slice is lined with an acoustic foam designed to dampen outside noise while keeping conversations inside private.

LEAP CHAIR V2 // Steelcase Inc. // Role: Designer, Patent Holder
Leap V2 was a face-lift given to Steelcase's highest volume chair in order to extend the product's life. When I joined the project, most of the dirty work was done. I did, however, get to design the arm and work out some details on the base and back shape.

WIGGLE // Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design // Role: Sole Designer
Wiggle is a sit/stand workstation designed for elementary school students with AD/HD. Wiggle encourages healthy posture and focused movements with a height adjustable table, and an inflatable chair cushion that enables children to build core strength while doing what they do best... wiggling.

ECO COUCH // Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design // Role: Sole Designer
Designed to challenge typical upholstery construction, the frame of this couch is taken to the outside to encourage easy separation, and recycling, of materials at the end of the product's life.

RTA CHAIR // Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design // Role: Sole Designer
This walnut and steel chair is designed to pack flat in a box, and to be assembled in minuted with just one screw driver.

SLIDE SHELF // Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design // Role: Sole Designer
A solution for condensed living environments, this unit stacks to create storage. The walnut shelf slides out to provide shelving or a temporary work surface that can be easily pushed aside.

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I am a Vancouver-based industrial designer. I obtained a Bachelors of Industrial Design from the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design (now Emily Carr University) in 2004, and spent from 2005-2007 working as a designer for Steelcase, the world's leading furniture manufacturer. I currently work as cofounding partner of Giant Ant Media while starting his independent design practice.