OSCAR SALGUERO
industrial design
oscar_salguero@hotmail.com | 703.650.8635 oscar-salguero.com
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design (Summa Cum Laude) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2012 GPA 3.85 QUIRKY Inc. (Manhattan, NY) - Product Design Intern Sep-Dec 2012
Assisted with intense sketching, ideating, prototyping , material researching and handing off new product ideas that were originally thought up and submitted by members of the online community.
2012
Studio NENDO (Tokyo, Japan) - Product Design Intern Jun-Aug 2012
Assisted with prototype making, concepts and 3D modeling of products for top design brands (SoftBank, Varaschin, Coca-Cola, Conde House, etc) and material experiments for upcoming International Exhibitions in Milan and Tokyo.
Rock The Blocks Music & Arts Festival (Blacksburg, VA) - Head Graphic Designer Jan-Mar 2012 Designed graphics for flyers, website and the Festival Program (1500 copies professionally printed in newsprint)
KEM STUDIO (Kansas City, MO) - Interdisciplinary Design Workshop Guest, April 2011
2011
Designed an Outdoor Pop-Up Performance stage for Quixotic Fusion Aerial performers along with Arch. students.
BEAUX ARTS GALLERIA (Blacksburg, VA) - Studio Photographer, Jan 2011-May 2012
Photographed antique & vintage objects to be sold on 1stdibs.com, the most selective antique online shop worldwide.
WEGMANS Food Markets (Sterling, VA) - Store Operations Intern, Summer 2010-Summer 2011. Developed a systems design for improvement of Dairy Shrink and Credit operations at the Dulles, VA store. Anticipated $80,000 in savings for the company. Project currently being analyzed to be adopted in all 78 stores.
SKILLS
Software Skills Rhino, Solidworks (3-D Printing. LaserCAMM) Adobe CS5 (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) Languages Fluent in Spanish & English, Basic Italian & Japanese
AWARDS
2010
Material Skills Wood construction; Foam modeling; Hand built Pottery/Ceramics, Hand-made & Industrial Felt; Stitching; Concept Sketching; Photography; Paper Prototyping; Silicone Casting; Thermoforming Certifications IRB approved for Behavioral Research
Virginia Tech IDSA Merit Scholar Nominee 2012 IDEA 2012 Student Category, Bronze “Microfinancing System for illiterate women of India” Eli Lehman Award 2012, “Design talent used to assist the less fortunate” Marcel Wanders’ Pattern Play Design Contest, Runner Up ICSID World Design Impact Prize 2012, Finalist Featured in Winter 2011 Innovation: Overcoming Barriers IDSA Magazine Featured in “The Raw Materials of Creativity: Burchard Hall, a Den of Ingenuity”
2012
2011
for the Virginia Tech Magazine Summer 2011 Venice Cityvision Competition 2011, ”Cityvision Fav” / Featured in Cityvision Magazine (Issue 4)
Featured on Eastman Innovation Lab Design Insights Video 2011 Eastman Innovation Lab Industrial Design Scholarship 2011 IDEA 2011 Student Category, Finalist ”Shoes for Haitian children to attend school” INDEX: Design Challenge 2010, Honorable mention (sponsored by UNICEF) Twitter Poetry Contest 2010, Winner sponsored by CAUS (College of Architecture and Urban Studies) Inspiration & Creativity Award 2008, Briar Woods High School
INTERESTS
Street Photography. Radio DJing. Collecting Vinyl Records. Hacking Toys. Poetry. DIY Music Instruments. Indie Comics. Old Sci-fi movies. Learning Japanese. Soccer.
2010