Freelance Boardshort Designer – Jamsworld 7/16-Present Designed specific Vintage style Boardshort, vintage prints & wash, tech packs, R&D, for Jamsworld retail stores/online, SS17 season.
Freelance Apparel Designer/Fabric Print Art & Graphics – DAKINE 10/13-1/14 Designed boardshorts, walkshorts, T-shirt graphics, and created original ‘hand-painted’ fabric print art for SS15 season.
Freelance Boardshort Designer/Fabric Development/Sourcing – Original Jams 1/13-10/13 Designed vintage style surf trunk line. Historical consulting for product authenticity, identifying iconic prints, updated fits relevant for today’s market; tech packs, trims, fit/size approval, prototype field testing, wash/finish development, & graphic designs.
Technical Boardshort Designer/Technical Fabric Development/Sourcing – Volcom, Inc. 7/08-11/11 full-time Grid Dry technical stretch fabric; introduced 3D wrap-around tech concept; helped develop Cinch-Fly concept; fine tuned waistband fit/ function; designed more efficient pocket/bag; developed/evolved mesh flow-through concept; R&D/field testing all fabrics/prototypes, developed specialty fabrics, trims; creative consulting for Hawaii line art/products.
Freelance Boardshort Designer – Matix Clothing, 11/07-7/08 Introduced/updated all new designs, fit, features, and fabrics; assisted in print art selection, placement, colorways; advised on trims, art, placement; sketches/tech packs; R&D/field testing fabrics/prototypes.
Creative Director/Head Designer – Surf Line Hawaii, Ltd. 2/06-11/07 full-time Concept, creative direction/design of quality menswear – responsible for all aspects of brand, structure, style sketches, fabrics, trims, sourcing, art/graphics, R&D/field testing fabrics/prototypes, sampling, tech packs, production, merchandising, marketing.
Freelance Graphic Design, 2000-present Graphic design projects, i.e., corporate logo identification packages, logos, t-shirt design, marketing materials, labeling, and marketing/consulting. Ongoing graphic design clients have included – Patagonia, DAKINE, Surf Line Hawaii/Original Jams, Stormy Monday Goods, Milo, Island Snow, Quiksilver, Volcom, Hurley, Nitro Snowboards, Hans Hedeman Surf, Ironman Triathlon, C4 Waterman, Xtreme Source/Cloudbreak, Hawaiian Line International, Natural Koncept Skateboards.
Freelance Product Designer – Nitro Snowboards, 1/98-5/02 seasons Designed complete snowboard outerwear lines for 01/02, 02/03, 03/04. Including – snowboard boots, travel bags, packs, snowboard gloves. Also including style sketches, color story, colorways, and brand logo placement, sketches/tech packs.
Freelance Product Designer – Volcom, Inc. 6/00, 02/03 Introduced Volcom’s first technical boardshort/line – the Amphibulator(s). Designs from initial project have carried over every season to present as Bruce Irons Model, and within the most recent Proving Grounds/Pure Fun campaigns – Annihilator Series.
Freelance Skate Shoe Designer – Vita Manufacturing, 99/01 season Jason Dill and Reese Forbes Signature Models; provided conceptual sketches, material specs, colorways, brand logo placements.
Head Clothing Designer – Nitro Snowboards, 4/95-3/99 full-time Complete technical mens/womens snowboard outwear line. Line structuring, style, sketches, fabrics, labeling, art merchandising, overseas sample/production follow through, distributor presentation/clinics.
Freelance Outwear Designer – Volcom Snow Division, 94 Designed promotional specialty outerwear (95/96) line for snowboard team photo shoot; including fabric sourcing, tech pack sketches, pattern/sample contractor sourcing, colorways.
Clothing Designer – Acmebilt Clothing/Channel One Skateboards, 93-95 part-time Design skate oriented streetwear line of assorted cut and sew denim, walkshorts, wovens, knits, fabric/trims/production sourcing, tech packs.
Graphic Artist/Clothing Designer – Quiksilver, 90-93 full-time Created original Eddie Aikau icon art, fabric prints, in-house art, t-shirts; designed complete boardshort line, pioneered Gen-X surf/skate/snow line: boardshorts, streetwear, outerwear – one of the first action sports product specific lines of the day.
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