Meredith Schwarz

Sherborn, MA, USA
I am an industrial designer / design researcher who aims to solve complex design problems through the discovery of research-based insights, and utlization of focused design-thinking in order to create innovative, profitable solutions.

Work Experience

NASA

Habitability Design Intern

June 2012 - Houston, Texas, United States

Ximedica

Research and Strategy Intern

Worked with hospital service research team computing metric data, and reviewing questionnaires in order to uncover needs, identify opportunities, and inspire changes. Assisted in the creation of presentations using graphic abilities to communicate metric data, qualitative user responses, and insights.
January 2012 - February 2012 Providence, Rhode Island, United States

RISD

Design Principles Teacher's Assistant

Aided Industrial Design students in their development of sketching, rendering researching, ideating, model making, computer skills, and critical thinking skills.
September 2011 - June 2012 Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Furniture Design Intern

Worked with design team ideating, styling, and drafting furniture pieces for production. Researched antique furniture pieces, relating their style and functionality to Martha Stewart’s signature brand identity in order to help create a new line of furniture for a future client.
June 2011 - August 2011 New York, United States

RISD

Wood and Metal Shop Monitor

Assisted Industrial Design students in their development of material knowledge, machining and manufacturing practices as well as safe shop practices.
February 2011 - June 2012 Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Swing Design Ltd.

Design Intern

Conceptualized, rendered, and modeled and presented houseware items and gift items for multiple clients including Crate & Barrel. Photographed products and samples for filing and catalogue. Created text and image based artwork and logos for print.
June 2010 - August 2010 Concord, Massachusetts, United States

Education

Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD)

BFA Industrial Design

Graduated with Honors
September 2008 - June 2012 Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Awards

RISD

Graduated with Honors

2012

RISD

Marc Harrison Award for Design and Invention

2012

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, CSS, Basic Knowledge Of Flash, HTML, Keynote , Keyshot, Microsoft Powerpoint, Rhinoceros, Solidworks,