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Gretel Schwartzott is a seasoned industrial designer with expertise in sustainable design, 3D visualization, and furniture design. She has worked as a Design, Mastery & Engineering Educator at Avenues: The World School, an Adjunct Professor of Industrial Design at CUNY LAGCC, and a Freelance Modelmaker for prominent architecture firms like Grimshaw and DS+R. Gretel holds a Master's degree in Industrial and Product Design from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from SUNY New Paltz.

Experience

    • Design, Mastery & Engineering Educator
  • Avenues: The World School
    • New York City Metropolitan Area
    • Design, Mastery & Engineering Educator
      • Aug 2021 - Present
      • New York City Metropolitan Area
    • Adjunct Lecturer CUNY LAGCC
      • Aug 2017 - Aug 2021
      • Long Island City, NY

      CUNY LAGCC LaGuardia Community College 2017-presentAdjunct Professor of Industrial Design / Advanced Model making / DrawingForm and structure, 3D design and ManufacturingTeaching the principal skills needed in Industrial Design....

  • Grimshaw
    • New York City Metropolitan Area
    • Freelance Modelmaker
      • Nov 2016 - Aug 2021
      • New York City Metropolitan Area

      Grimshaw Architects Contract Model Designer / Design and fabrication of Architectural models and prototypes

    • Industrial Designer / Interdisciplinary Product, Furniture, Architectural Mod...
      • Jan 2010 - Aug 2021
      • Scarsdale Ny

      LEVEL Architecture and Design Contract Designer/Project Manager/Principal Contract design services, Furniture and ModelmakingManaging daily operations in a fast paced design shop, sustaining flexible sta...

  • Diller Scofideo and Renfro
    • New York City Metropolitan Area
    • Contract Model Maker
      • Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
      • New York City Metropolitan Area

      DS+R Diller Scofideo and Renfro Contract Designer / Design and fabrication of Architectural models for Venice Biennale 2018 and SHED. Current freelance

  • NORTON + LOFT MANAGEMENT
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Marketing Coordinator & Design Consultant Design/Build/Construction Manag...
      • Feb 2012 - Jul 2013
      • Greater New York City Area

      Marketing Coordinator & Design Consultant Design/Build/Construction Management Design Development, Interiors & Graphics Coordination with Architects and Designers/ Drawing Review & Plan Checking with Teams Coordination of Supplies/Specifying Products/Ordering and Schedul...

  • Beyer Blinder Belle
    • New York City Metropolitan Area
    • Manager Model Shop
      • Aug 2003 - Dec 2010
      • New York City Metropolitan Area

      Model Shop Manager- Staff flex to 15 Creating Budgets and Drafting Project ProposalsManaging and Staffing Projects, Administrative Duties Creation of Database and Archive of Past Projects including Expenses and Man-hoursOrdering and Stocking Materials/Handling Suppliers/Outsourcing Design Graphic...

  • WP Industrial Design Products
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Designer
      • 2003 - 2003
      • Greater New York City Area

      Product Designer / Design Consultant for Promotional Office Products, Conception to Manufacture.

  • ARO
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Freelance Consultant
      • 2003 - 2003
      • Greater New York City Area

      Design Consultant for the Winning Submission for the Motown Museum Competition

    • Independent Consultant for Projects in Architecture Film and Theater / Modelm...
      • 2002 - 2003

      Architectural Model Maker and Design Consultant- Building Scale models- Interpreting plans and working alongside Architects to resolve issues in designs Furniture design consultant, Design consultant for Sets including for Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof & Film Team America

  • Raphael Vinoly Architects
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Freelance Model Maker
      • 2002 - 2002
      • Greater New York City Area

      Model Maker for the Think Team World Trade Center Proposal. THINK was one of five Teams chosen to submit ideas for the Tower Design.

    • Design Build / Interior Design/ Finish Woodworking
      • 1998 - 2002
      • Brooklyn NY

      Architecture and Interiors: Design, site visits, construction documents, construction details, fast track scheduling, budgeting. Custom Furniture Design: sketching, rendering, drafting, research, scale models, pattern building and finishing, coordinating and presenting to manufacturers and prospe...

  • Set Shop
    • Brooklyn NY
    • Freelance Scenic Painter
      • 1995 - 1995
      • Brooklyn NY

      Freelance Scenic Painter for 10,000 sq ft set shop. Duties included Color Mixing, Color Matching & Layout from Plans

    • Paintmaker
      • 1990 - 1994
      • Esopus NY

      Paint Maker and Color Development, Apprenticed under Master Paint maker Richard Frumass learning the trade of mixing and milling traditional oil & encaustic paint and development of a newer medium Pigment SticksWorkshop Educator, Teaching small adult classes techniques with Encaustic Paint an...

  • ARTPARK
    • Lewiston NY
    • Artists Assistant/ Workshop Staff
      • 1987 - 1990
      • Lewiston NY

      1987-1991 Taught various Art Workshops to Children, Adults and Disabled people including Enameling, Pottery (wheel), Papermaking, Glassblowing and Bronze Casting. These classes ranged from 30 min. to 2 weeks long depending on the medium1992 Artist assistant at the State funded Park for the Arts ...

Education

  • 1999 - 2001
    Pratt Institute
  • SUNY New Paltz

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