Matt Day

Designer/Principal

About
Podium is an accomplished standalone design unit specializing in the creation of relevant and meaningful design solutions.

Bio
Matt Day is an award-winning San Francisco-based industrial designer with clients ranging from homegrown startups to industry-changing Fortune 500 companies. Empowered by years of consulting within top tier firms, Matt has shown his ability to add great value to virtually any client’s needs whether they be miniscule, massive, or any size in between.

Matt’s career has taken him to a variety of rich design environments including the pop culture packed gaming hanger of Astro Studios, the strategic lead and high-design focused studio of fuseproject, and more recently abroad to the culturally rich and fast-paced settings of HaA Design in Seoul, Korea.

While working within these diverse environments, Matt has had the pleasure of collaborating with a variety of clients within various categories including Microsoft, iRiver, Ooma, Litl, Nike, Puma, Boxee, Altec Lansing, LG, Samsung, and Alessi.

The year 2011 marks the return to the Bay Area for Matt, as well as the launch of his new contract venture Podium Studios.Viewing design as a platform for communicating ideas, Podium offers a variety of high-quality design, managerial, and consultative services ranging from concept generation and design visualization to 3D modeling and creative management.

The Podium is yours

Work Experience

HaA Design

Senior Designer/Creative Manager

Two year international contract position within a multi-disciplinary design and advertising consultancy. Managed and created solutions for a diverse mix of clients ranging from start ups to Fortune 100. Consumer Electronics, Housewares, and Fashion...
August 2008 - October 2010 Seoul, S Korea,

Fuseproject

Lead Designer

Experienced the tightly knit process of synthesizing both strategy and design. Worked within cross-disciplinary teams with the ultimate goal of providing clients with cohesive solutions in branding, product, and point-of-sale services for international, domestic, and start-up clients.
September 2007 - June 2008 San Francisco, Canada

Astro Studios

Lead Designer

Heavily involved in the conception and production of consumer electronics for both Internationally-renowned corporate entities and start-up clients. Team-oriented and individually-driven projects offered a deep understanding of the current world of product development.
September 2003 - October 2007 San Francisco, Canada

Education

University Of Cincinnati

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Design

Internships included:
Fitch [Columbus, OH], Philips [Atlanta GA] , Nike Tech Lab [Portland,OR], Ethicon Endo-Surgery [Cincinnati, OH], and Pitney Bowes [Shelton, CT].
September 1998 - June 2003

Languages

English (Fluent),

Awards

Red Dot Design Awards

Vaärenta Water Purifier

2010

IF Design Awards

Kloken Food Storage

2011

Skills

Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Alias Studio Tools 2011, Key Shot,

Additional Information

Confident in the ability to bring clarity to objectives, establish the supporting sound and fitting design processes, and produce relevant and meaningful design solutions, Podium promises to create distinctive and high impact value for clients.