1991 - current
experience
current clients
George Plionis - Sydney, Australia & NYC, USA Jewelry Design and Manufacture Director and designer of jewelry business trading as George Plionis. Exhibition, bespoke and production ranges characterized by strong concepts, unique design, handcrafted quality and attention to detail. Fine jewelry in technique and contemporary in style, materials include precious metals and stones and nonprecious materials like glass, wood, paper, resin, plastic and leather.
2016 - current
Design Studio 5 - Senior Product Design | Interdisciplinary studio focus that explores the world of health and wellbeing through deep sensory analysis. Through this exploration of the senses, the studio aims to develop a deeper connection between humans, design systems and products. Summer Studies Industrial Design | Designing product concepts focusing on developing 2D and 3D skills for portfolio caliber to apply to MFA Industrial Design graduate programs.
Fitzgerald Jewelry - NYC, USA Freelance Jewelry Designer
Jewelry 1 | Predominantly a studio-based subject that focuses on foundation jewelry techniques and research project that tackles historical and contemporary jewelry.
Collaboration with owner to create commercial fine jewelry collections, from concept through to final realization. Design, development and technical designer to create a new branded collaborative collections.
Jewelry 2 | Industry-based focus using digital fabrication techniques associated with production jewelry design.
World Kitchens - Rosemont, USA Freelance Product Designer Development of concept and graphics for new patterns that are responsive to current design trends and embodies the Corelle brand.
Digital Fabrication for the Body | Focused on using digital fabrication and rapid prototyping together with the hand-made techniques to discover new expressive and communicative potentials for wearables. 2015 - 2018
Roche Bobois - Paris, France Freelance Furniture Designer Develop concept and furniture design for global production that drives current design trends and embodies the Roche Bobois brand. The Plunge - NYC, USA Freelance Jewelry Designer Design, development and technical designer for The Plunge to realize male jewelry collections for engagement and wedding occasions.
Parsons School of Design - NYC, USA Adjunct Professor
Erica Molinari - NYC, USA Freelance Jewelry Designer Product development and technical designer. Working with Design and Production Managers to realize jewelry collections through CAD development.
2013 - 2014
Temple St Clair - NYC, USA Senior Designer Product development and design. Working with design team to develop all fine jewelry collections that embody the brand – collection, special stock, bespoke and one-of-a-kind collections.