LEE GIBSON
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505 East 79 Street, Apartment 1H, New York City, NY 10075, United States +1 347 742 2309 hello@leegibson.us www.leegibson.us
WORK EXPERIENCE DOB 26 January 1977
EDUCATION BArch (Honours) Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand (1994 to 1999) MFAID Candidate Parsons Newschool for Design (Fall 2010 – Spring 2012)
DIGITAL SKILLSET Excellent Microsoft Office Excellent in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge) 3D Modeling/Rendering (3DS-Max, Solidworks, Google Sketchup) CAD (Autocad, Vectorworks) Web Design (HTML, CSS, PHP, CMS)
Design Internship (Mar 2011 to present) Design Internship for The Metrics Design Group working with the design director on a wide range of projects including; interior design , industrial design, web design, graphic design http://www.metricsdesigngroup.com/ Freelance Photographer (Jan 2007 to present) Studio photography for branding, web, and print work. Clients include; ToBe Footwear, Victoria University of Wellington, Firstyeardesign.com, Hannah Design, d_Luxe Jewelry, Parsons Newschool of Design (Industrial Design Program) Employed as photographer and videographer for School of Constructed Environments. Responsible for event photography, video recording and editing of official events, photography of student work for archiving. Senior Lecturer in Design, Victoria University of Wellington (Jan 2005 to present) Currently on-leave to continue Professional Development Programme Director First Year Design Responsible for First Year Design Programme (180 – 220 students per year) strategic direction, curriculum development, management of academic and technical staff. Design and development of www.firstyeardesign.com as a student centered communication and teaching tool. Course Co-ordinator and lecturer for multiple courses across the programme including; Introduction to Drawing and Modeling, Digital Creation, Rapid Visualisation, and 3D Ideas + Principles in Design. Designer + Consultant, THESVRL DESIGN (2000 to present) Director for THESVRL Design Consultancy. Services include Architectural Design, Design Visualisation (digital and physical), Interior Architecture, Graphic Design, Web Design, Clients include; Victoria University of Wellington, d_luxe Jewellery Design, Sean Aickin Photography, Louise Hatton Photography, Daniel Batten Photography, signED, Athfield Architects, Architecture Workshop, Qubic Design Store, Peoples Coffee, Supreme Coffee www.thesvrl.com ToBe Footwear Company (2008 – present) Senior designer for New Zealand’s first athletically inspired footwear company. Responsible for conceptual design, product design visualization, product design fabrication/ manufacturing, web design, product photography, and editorial direction. www.tobe.co.nz Lecturer in Interior Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington (2004 - 2005) Second Year Programme Director for Interior Architecture Responsible for Second Year Interior Architecture (35-45 students per year) strategic direction, curriculum development, management of academic and technical staff. Course Co-ordinator in Design Studio, and Digital Design Studio.
REFEREES Allan Wexler Allan Wexler Studio wexlera1@newschool.edu Associate Professor Daniel K Brown Programme Director Interior Architecture Victoria University of Wellington daniel.brown@vuw.ac.nz Russell Lowe Senior Lecturer Architecture University of New South Wales Australia russell.lowe@unsw.edu.au
Interior Architect, SCAPE @ Massey University of Wellington (2003) Interior Architect and Project Architect for Prague Quadrennial, 2003 Lecturer in Interior Design, Massey University of Wellington (2003) Design Studio and Lighting Course Co-ordinator/Lecturer Architecture and Design Tutor, Victoria University of Wellington (1999 – 2002) Design tutor for multiple courses within the Faculty of Architecture and Design including; Introduction to Design Principles, Introduction to Drawing and Modeling, Advanced Drawing for Designers. Architectural Designer, John Daish Architecture (2003) Architectural Designer, Beaumont Architects (2002)
AWARDS: 2010: Awarded full tuition scholarship to study at Parsons Newschool for Design in New York City in MFA Interior Design 2007: ‘Victorias Award’ PGSA (Postgraduate Students Association), Best Lecturer – Schools of Architecture and Design 2006: 20 Under 40 Architectural Competition, Second Place for ‘It Sucks!’ (with Russell Lowe) 2004: New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA), Research Award (with ScAPE @ Massey) 2002: 20 Under 40 Architecture Competition, Second Place for ‘Moving New Zealand’ (with Russell Lowe, Troy Dovovan, and Jason Whiteley) 2002: Victorias Award (Postgraduate Students Association), Best Tutor – Schools of Architecture and Design EXHIBITIONS: 2011: Exhibition Designer for Radical Shifts Exhibition – SJDC Gallery, March 23 – April 2011: Design Team for Parsons Fashion Benefit Exhibition 2011: Work selected for on-going exhibition at School for Constructed Environment 2010: Final Review Exhibition Representation and Spatial Analysis Fall 2010. 2010: ‘WORK’ Exhbition, School of Architecture and Design, Feb 2010. Design and Curator for ‘WORK’ Exhbition. 2009: ‘AJ2’, Good As Gold Birthday Exhibition, October 2009. 2009: ‘The Line’, Eye for an Eye Exhibition – Charity Photo Exhibition, Qubic Store Gallery, May 2009 2008: ‘LC-D’ All Decked Out, Alcoholic Clothing Exhibit, Collaboration with Sean Aickin and Ruben Bryant, June 2008 2005: : ‘Heart of PQ’ World Stage Design 2005. Selected for exhibition in Toronto, Canada (Exhibition Designer) 2004: Open House September 2004: ‘NO TV!’ 2004: DisPLAY ‘Remembering a Performance Landscape’; Wellington City Gallery as part of the International Festival of the Arts 2004 (Exhibition Designer) PERFORMANCE DESIGN: 2003: Prague Quadrennial 2003; “Heart of PQ’ Designer ScAPE @ Massey, Prague, Czech Republic LECTURES: 2008: Keynote Speaker: January 24 2008, New Zealand Universities Students Association (NZUSA) Men’s Conference, ‘Issues Facing Men in the Education System’ 2003: Guest Speaker: May 19 2003 ‘Design and Construction of the Prague Quadrennial’, Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture, and Design (FAMU), Prague, Czech Republic CONFERENCES: 2010: ‘Syndicating the Design Studio: Experimental & Virtual Design Studio’ Design Principles & Practices Conference, 13-15 February 2010 2009: ‘The Design Studio: Can a Virtual Design Studio compliment or possibly replace traditional design teaching?’ Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand, AUT, 23-25 November, 2009 2007: Workshop: Interior Design Association (IdEA) Conference Wellington NZ July 6 2007 ‘Digital Interiority’ WORKSHOPS: 2007: University Teaching Development Centre (UTDC) Tutor Training Session, Schools of Architecture and Design, February 2007 2005: University Teaching Development Centre (UTDC) Tutor Training Session, Schools of Architecture and Design, July 2005 2005: University Teaching Development Centre (UTDC) Tutor Training Session, Schools of Architecture and Design, February 2005 RESEARCH PROJECTS/GRANTS: 2010: First Year Design online teaching re-development/re-design $10,000 2007: Winstone Wallboards Research Project ‘Future Interiors’ $10,000 Stage 1 Research Project (with Christine McCarthy and Christina Mackay) INTERVIEWS: 2009: B-Guided Magazine, December 2009, ‘ToBe Footwear Design’ Pg.18 2008: May 18 2008: Interview Victoria Broadcasting Club (VBC) ‘What is design? …and who cares?’ COMMITTEES/PANELS: 2008-2010: Marketing Advisory Board, Victoria University of Wellington 2005-2010: School of Design Executive Committee Member, Victoria University of Wellington 2005-2010: School of Design Curriculum Development Committee Member, Victoria University of Wellington 2007-2008: Curriculum Review for Massey Univeristy, Design Studies Program for Oman. 2006-2008: Tertiary Assessment Taskforce Committee, Schools of Architecture and Design, Victoria University of Wellington