I am currently seeking an industrial design position which will eventually transition into design management and strategy. More and more, I have been applying my strong lateral thinking skills towards designing complete customer experiences. This includes the design of all “touch-points” the consumer encounters during the purchasing/ownership process (industrial design, package design, POP, advertising, online experience, product support, etc). I strongly believe a well-designed product integrated with a complete customer experience is the key to success in todays marketplace.
name Shane Mihelic-Booth
location San Francisco, California
Occupation Industrial Designer
Education Carleton University B.I.D, 2002
Favorite Project Anything Actionsport
What’s on my ipod New Young Pony Club, Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, Minitel Rose
310.889.4603
My process for any type of project is the same. I love doing research to explore visual cues for the project at hand. After that the sketches start flowing! When I have a bunch of great ideas things get narrowed down and rendered in illustrator or in photoshop for photo realism.
I have quite a large variety of industrial design projects under my belt. I have experience in eyewear, furniture, home accessories, bags and watches. I am also quite familiar with traveling for development and trend research. Projects have taken me to factories and tradeshows in Paris, Milan, Tel Aviv, Osaka, Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
I originally started my design career working at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories as a three month intern. This stay was extended into three years due to my innovations in the interactive retail program. I have also recently rekindled my interest in interactive design the development of various online projects.
I was lucky enough to be cast as a designer & host on 32 episodes of the ABC Family television series KNOCK FIRST. KNOCK FIRST was a lightning fast, half-hour, do-it-yourself show where contestants age 16-24 transformed their outdated rooms into cool pads with my exclusive design direction and on camera personality. I was the designer and host of the show and my episodes were seen all across the United States as well as various other worldwide outlets.
