SUMMARY___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lighting and Home product designer. Fiber and soft product producer and designer. Former member of the Color Marketing Group. Specializing in Painted finished development and Art glass fixtures and lamps. Experienced in working with factories abroad. Knowledge of many manufacturing processes, cost of materials, labor, and KD. High style, low overhead. Able to provide 2D CAD drawings and multi platform Graphic designs for ease of manufacture.
EXPERIENCE________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Owner
C M Dreifort Design & CD Burton Design
Cleveland, OH
January 2006 to present
Freelance Product Design
Creative Industries LLC
Boerne, Texas
January 2006 to 2011
Freelance Product Design / Paint Finish Development
Berman Industries, Chicago, Illinois
April 2007 to July 2008
Freelance Product Design
Lighting Enterprises
Wyandotte, Michigan
August to September 2007
Product Design / Product Development Manager
Meyda Lighting, Yorkville, New York
September, 2003 to January 2007
Design Director / Product Designer
Spectrum Creations, Boerne, Texas
April, 2001 to June 2003
Product Design
Kichler Lighting, Cleveland, Ohio
October, 1995 to April, 2001
EDUCATION__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BFA Industrial Design major, Metals and Graphics minor
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Lacoste School of the Arts, Lacoste, France
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Lighting and Home product designer. Fiber and soft product producer and designer. Former member of the Color Marketing Group. Specializing in Painted finished development and Art glass fixtures and lamps. Experienced in working with factories abroad. Knowledge of many manufacturing processes, cost of materials, labor, and KD. High style, low overhead. Able to provide 2D CAD drawings and multi platform Graphic designs for ease of manufacture.
EXPERIENCE________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Owner
C M Dreifort Design & CD Burton Design
Cleveland, OH
January 2006 to present
Freelance Product Design
Creative Industries LLC
Boerne, Texas
January 2006 to 2011
Freelance Product Design / Paint Finish Development
Berman Industries, Chicago, Illinois
April 2007 to July 2008
Freelance Product Design
Lighting Enterprises
Wyandotte, Michigan
August to September 2007
Product Design / Product Development Manager
Meyda Lighting, Yorkville, New York
September, 2003 to January 2007
Design Director / Product Designer
Spectrum Creations, Boerne, Texas
April, 2001 to June 2003
Product Design
Kichler Lighting, Cleveland, Ohio
October, 1995 to April, 2001
EDUCATION__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BFA Industrial Design major, Metals and Graphics minor
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Lacoste School of the Arts, Lacoste, France
Contact Me for References