Kristina is a happy product of the San Francisco Bay Area: born in Oakland, raised in the Oakland Public schools, and obtained her BFA in industrial design at California College of the Arts.
She enjoys working with her hands and solving problems. She likes to sew bag contraptions and plush critters for her friends, as well as go geocaching, hiking, and running.
Currently looking for a job, internship and/or freelancing oppurtunities.
p r e s s
Surface magazine, Spring 2007, pg. 132
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kristina d. lee
oakland, california
510.206.4825
kristinadlee@gmail.com
references available upon request
computer skills
-Adobe Photoshop
-Adobe Illustrator
-Adobe Indesign
-Alias studio tools 13
-Microsoft Office
-Mac OS X platform
WORK EXPERIENCE _
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ADDITIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE _
Toymonster Ltd. | Jan o8-present
Intern
Developed, designed, and prototyped products and packaging for mass production in China for the American, European and Australian market. Helped manage photo shoot, and came up with branding ideas. Worked on multiple self-managed projects simultaneously as well as worked in teams.
Mixbook | Nov o7-Jan o8
Designer
Ideated and executed background images and tiled patterns for online photo scrapbook site.
Acme studio | May o6-Dec o7
Intern
Design and refined a bag for production, learned pattern making and how to source hardware for bags. Designed logos, brand identity, hang tags, and labels. Also gained experience with working with clients, leather, and industrial sewing machines.
Bretheren Et. | May-Aug o5
Intern
Produced concept art and sketches as new ideas as well
as worked with CEO and company visionary to form 2-D
representations of his ideas. Specified dimensions in interiors in order to be modeled in CAD/Maya for animation of a video game. Studied interiors and weapons for realism and emulated those characteristics in designs. Learned about the video game industry and the importance of realism and physics in game making.
Ritchie Die Company | May Aug o4
Worked in office, filing, some shipping/receiving, and some customer service. Learned about the trade of diemaking and its use in the manufacturing of varieties of products and packaging. Understanding of tolerances and processes as well as machinery used with steel rule dies.
Pantech | Fall o6
Sponsored project. Designed a cell phone using rapid prototyping and worked with a modelshop in Korea to produce
a full-scale mock-up Travelled to Korea and presented concept
and design to Pantech management.
The Nueva School | Fall o4
Worked directly with private school in observation, product development, and concept testing
Timbuk2 | Spring o4
Worked directly with CEO and designers of Timbuk2, as well as public school students to develop a bag for high school athletes.
Heath Ceramics | Spring o4
Studied the area of ceramics, methods of mass production and worked directly with compa ny owners to design a product around the benefits of the material and their manufacturing capabilities.
ID skills
Knowledge of sewing soft products
-Modelmaking in foam, and casting
-Knowledge of shop tools [mill, lathe,
table saw, band saw]
-hand rendering in chalk and markers
-quick sketching with prisma pencils
awards & honors
Winner, Interzinc design contest, 2005
education
California College of the Arts
BFA Industrial Design
2007