Michael Grady

Industrial Design

I am a Chicago-based industrial designer working at Volume Studios. I enjoy exploring ideas to create products that are beautifully designed in both their form and function.

Work Experience

Volume Studios

Industrial Designer

July 2017 - Chicago, Illinois, United States

Len Nicholas Design

Freelance Designer

Responsibilities included using photoshop to provide 2D presentation renderings, orthographic control drawings, and color studies.
May 2015 - United States

Fisher-Price

Product Design Intern

Responsibilities included sketching, ideation, 2D presentation renderings in Photoshop, CAD modeling, model-making and painting, and brainstorming.
January 2016 - May 2016 New York, United States

Len Nicholas Designs

Freelance Designer

Used photoshop to provide 2D presentation renderings, orthographic control drawings, and color studies.
May 2015 - Syracuse, United States

Marriott International

Freelance Draftsman

Provided client with 2D scale architectural presentation renderings.
August 2015 - August 2015 Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, United States

Self-Employed

Drawing Instructor

Taught students art fundamentals such as: light and shadow, line drawing, perspective, and anatomy.
June 2014 - August 2014 Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

Celtic Works

Freelance Graphic Designer

Provided client with new logo design and assisted in re-branding corporate image.
June 2014 - July 2014 Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

SF Radar Group

Freelance Draftsman

Provided scaled architectural floor plan drawings by hand and by using 2D CAD software.
August 2013 - September 2013 Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

Education

Rochester Institute Of Technology

BFA, Industrial Design

Studied courses such as: Design Drawing, Integrated CAD, Digital Drawing, ID Form, Materials and Processes, Human Factors, and Design Studio.
August 2014 - Present Rochester, New York, United States

New Hampshire Technical Institute

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Studied courses such as: Foundations Drawing, 3D Design, 2D Design, Life Drawing, and Figurative Sculpture.
August 2012 - May 2014 Concord, New Hampshire, United States

Languages

English (Native),

Skills

3D Printing, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Creative Suite, Analog Sketching, Autocad, Autodesk Sketchbook, Design Drawing, Fusion 360, Human Factors, Ideation, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Keyshot, Model Making, Photoshop CC, Sketchbook Pro, Sketching, Solidworks,