Biography
Born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Southern California, Steve received his degree in Product Design from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena in 2001. His experiences and success lie on research, ideation, concept generation, and various product design & development.
Steve has worked with various brands in different sizes as an in-house designer and as a design consultant past 20+ years. His 20+ years of design experience includes many domestic assignments, but also many foreign market assignments.
Some of the categories that Steve has designed include:
• Various Footwear
• Logos / Graphic Design
• Accessories: hats, watches, socks, eyewear, body care, backpack, etc
• POP designs
• Various Decks
• Manufacturing
FREELANCE / CONTRACT WORK AVAILABLE
Clients
Adidas T.C.G. Los Angeles Vans Common Enemy Harajuku Lovers by Gwen Stefani Kairos by Spencer Dinwiddie And1 Basketball Blueview Vilebrequin 1HUND Clever Soles Body Glove etonic Kryptonics Skateboard Bucardo CTRL Wakeboard Messenger 841 Celsius Snowboard Old Guys Rule Shadow Athletics Diff Footwear POME Speedrank Football Push Creations Giesswein Campgrnds Bungee Obleceni Phenom Elite Stompas Kazar Footwear Volcom Aces OSO Village NSO New York VELO Myrtle footwear Kravat Footwear Beloe footwear Soulsoles flip flops P.U.S.H ision shoes everything Big Guards Ark Collectiv Backpack Titans Starato Caliber Marketing Group Focus Concepts The Win
Skills
Product Design, Footwear Design, POP Design, Logo/Graphic Design, Branding, Brand Development, Product Development, Techpacks, Concept Generation
Specialties
Footwear Design, Snowboard Boots Design, Various Bag Design, Soft Goods Design, Various Product Design, Logo Design, Branding, Sourcing, Merchandising, Graphic Design, Packaging Design, Product Development
Experience
Principal/Creative Director
STEVEC DESIGNS
- Branding
- Product Design
- Innovation
- POP
- Illustration
- Graphics / Logo
Chief Design Officer (Contract)
CampGrnds
NFT Product/Platform Brand
Senior Footwear Design Consultant
TCG Los Angeles
Seasonal Luxury Footwear Designs - Athleisure Category
Senior Design Consultant (Freelance)
Yama Marketing
Product Marketing and R&D Company
Contract Footwear Designer
Wolf & Shepherd
Luxury Hybrid Footwear
Senior Design Consultant
Project Dream
Parent Company to Spencer Dinwiddie’s Performance Footwear & Apparel Brand, K8IROS
Spencer’s Signature Footwear and Apparel Designs, Packaging Design, Brand Deck Design
Freelance Design Consultant
Caliber Marketing
Start Up Licensing Company
Watch Design, Various Packaging Designs, POP Design, Brand Deck and Lookbook Design
Freelance Design Consultant
Push Creations
Start Up Licensing Company
Watch Design, VariousPackaging Designs, POP Design, Brand Deck and Lookbook Design
Senior Footwear Design Consultant
AND 1 Basketball
Designed Seasonal Performance Footwear Designs - Basketball, Running, Trainer, Slides
Creative Director
MOSA Enterproses/Dizm Eyewear
Responsibiities:
- Eyewear Design
- Packaging Design
- POP Design
- Managed the designs/designers involoved in the design process
- Sourced out the factories and worked directly with the factories
- Traveled to far east for sample revisions and confirmation of the samples
- Attend the tradeshows
Senior Footwear/Product Designer
Vans
Responsibiities:
- Designed the entire Vans winter footwear/Snowboard boot category from 2003 – 2006.
- Designed 90% of the line from 2006-2008 and managed the design team and the process
- Traveled to far east for sample revisions and confirmations
- Worked with sponsored-riders on their signature Models
- Attended sales meetings to receive the feedback from the market place
- Attended tradeshows
- Seasonal inspiration trips
Product/Footwear Designer
Sole Technology
Responsibiities:
- Managed the seasonal Emerica Footwear Designs
- Traveled to far east for sample revisions and confirmations
- Worked with sponsored-riders on their signature Models
- Attended sales meetings to receive the feedback from the market place
- Attended tradeshows
- Seasonal inspiration trips
- Helped out with Etnies and ES footwear and sandal designs
- 32 snowboard boot designs
Part Time Footwear Designer
K Swiss
Responsibiities:
- Started out as a 3 month footwear intern but it was extended to another 3 month part time footwear designer.
- participated in seasonal footwear design projects.
- participated in finishline SMU footwear projects
- participated in Running/Lifestyle/other Athletic footwear category
Intern Footwear Design
K Swiss
- Participated in seasonal footwear design projects
- Foot Action SMU projects
Education
BS in Product Design
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
Major in Product Design
Minor in Entertainment Design