REBECCA ERDE DESIGNER
EXPERIENCE Instructor on Record @ Rhode Island School of Design January 2019 to February 2019 Industrial Design Studio, (re) designing Self-Care (co-taught with Adam Chuong) Teaching Assistant @ Rhode Island School of Design February 2018 to May 2018 Woodworking TA for graduate Industrial Design class, Full Scale Designer and Woodworker @ Bien Hecho Brooklyn Part Time, March 2016 to July 2017 Responsibilities included designing furniture, outputting technical drawings, rendering for clients; milling, finishing, assemblies, and installations
CONTACT Mobile_ + 1 (914) 282-6771
Insta_ @rebecca.erde
Design Manager @ Modos Furniture, Member of New Lab Part Time, June 2016 to July 2017 Responsibilities included fabrication, installations, Kickstarter fulfillment, designing new products, marketing, client interaction, graphic design, website design, social media, photography, packaging design, and organizing our ICFF booth
SKILLS
Drafter, Fabricator and Teacher @ Total Metal Resource and Metal Shop Fantasy Camp Part Time, March 2016 to October 2016
Email_ rebecca.erde@gmail.com rerde@alumni.risd.edu Web_ www.rebecca-erde.com
Prototyping / Model Making Digital Fabrication / 3D Printing / CNC Milling / CNC Plasma Cutting / Lasercutting / Woodworking / Metalworking / Moldmaking / Slip Casting / Glass Casting
Designer, Fabrication Lab @ SHoP Architects September 2015 to November 2015 Responsibilities included architectural scale model building and shop maintenance Volunteer Architecture Teacher @ Washington University in St. Louis January 2014 to May 2015 The Alberti Program for elementary, middle and high school students focused on design and sustainability
Sketching / Photography
EDUCATION SOFTWARE Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign
Rhinoceros
Windows OS
Apple iOS
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office
Arduino
Solidworks
LANGUAGES English and French
Master of Industrial Design @ Rhode Island School of Design Spring 2019, Recipient of Alexander Graham Bell Award, in recognition of a student whose work involves projects dealing with medical rehabilitation Certificate in Collegiate Teaching in Art & Design @ Rhode Island School of Design Fall and Spring 2019, focused study in the area of collegiate-level studio pedagogy Bachelor of Science in Architecture @ Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Double Minor in Urban Design and in French Cum Laude, Dean’s List May 2015 Architecture Program @ Danish Institute of Study Abroad Fall Semester of 2014 in Copenhagen
REBECCA ERDE DESIGNER
ACHIEVEMENTS, EXHIBITIONS, AND PUBLICATIONS Featured in Core77, the Industrial Design Blog in June 2019 “A Huggable SAD Lamp that Engages and Comforts Users” Graduate Commons Grant Recipient from Rhode Island School of Design, 2019 Exhibitor, Industrial Design Graduate Biennial Show 2019 in Providence, RI Finalist in Emerge 2018, a biennial international competition and a series of exhibitions for emerging kilncast glass artists hosted by Bullseye Glass Company in Portland, OR Exhibitor in New England Builder’s Ball 2018, handbuilt bicycle show held in Boston, MA Fred M Roddy Memorial Scholarship from Rhode Island School of Design Awarded by the Industrial Design Department for a focus on healthcare design and for outstanding academic achievement, 2018-2019 academic year Featured in Core77, the Industrial Design Blog in March 2017 “Traditional Japanese Wood Joinery Cast in an Untraditional Material: Glass” Exhibited and published in the ACADIA (Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture) 2015 International Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio for senior project, AMP