Artists Registry

Ismael Quintero

Jersey city NJ United States

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Ismael Quintero is a conceptual industrial designer and fine artist who was born and raised in New York. Growing up in a traditional Colombian family, he learned to always appreciate quality over quantity. He believes that art and design should have value beyond aesthetics—that they should create a dialog with their viewer about the current social environment. Quintero applies this philosophy and lifestyle language to all of his work, skillfully crafting pieces that have a story to tell and are destined to become collectibles.

Quintero started painting in third grade and hasn’t stopped since. In high school he attended the prestigious Governor’s School of New Jersey—an intensive program for gifted students that teaches artistic problem solving for complex local, state and national and international issues. He studied Illustration and product design at the Parson’s School of Design where he received a BFA and obtained a industrial design job upon graduation. Today he works as a Senior Designer at the Springs Global. He continues to design and produce work with factories around the globe, as well as sculpt, ceramic slip cast and paint.

“As a visual artist, I hope to create edition pieces,” said Quintero. “Not one-of-a-kind or mass-produced items—but a body of work that falls somewhere in between. My overall goal is to create a new lifestyle language that can be translated across many product categories.”

His premiere piece is the Odyssey Suspension Lamp. This hanging fixture is made of 70% recycled glass and was inspired by a fire hydrant lid Quintero found after the September 11th tragedy.

Ismael created this conceptual light fixture as part of his senior thesis at Parson’s School of Design. Based on a fire hydrant lid he found on Wall Street after 9/11, the Odyssey Suspension Lamp (2001) was originally realized in ceramic porcelain. The Latin phrase “Nostri Lumen Est Una” also adorns the fixture and is translated to mean “Our light is one”. “This is a very unifying piece,” said Quintero. “I want people to feel like they’re part of the healing process.” As the design evolved, he decided to refashion it out of green glass from recycled beer bottles. “Green is a very healing color. While its obvious function is to emit light, the soothing green glow elicits a calming effect. With this meaningful lamp one certainly does.

Ismael Quintero

Jersey City, NJ 07302
izzyqdesign@yahoo.com

Objective

To obtain a position in an energetic and creative environment that embraces an open dialogue for fresh ideas and innovative concepts. In addition, I am seeking a partnership where I can utilize my design sensibility and offer real-time design solutions to improve a brands image.

Work Experience

March 2008- Present
Senior Designer / Bath, Springs Global, 110 5th ave 4th floor, New York, NY 10011
Focused on brand concepts for hard home products, bath and some table top. As well as executing full aspects of bath, from curtains, towel and bath accessories.
Currently managing the following company brands for bath:
Court Of Versailles, Wamsetta, Genevieve Gorder, and Cindy Crawford for JCP.

• Created as well as worked with junior designers on development of art.

• Executed cad for soft woven and prints and new hard good techniques

• Spec-ed and Teamed up with product development on communications with overseas vendors on strike offs and approvals.

September 2005- March 2008
Designer of Home Décor, SaraMax Apparel Group, New York, NY (1372 Broadway)
Worked with head of sales in the Creation and building of a new division for established intimate and Sleepwear Company. Saramax was focused on branching out and exploring new markets. Manage new licenses such as; Rachael Hale, Life Magazine, Lassen, and AVE.L.A, Coppertone, Betty Crocker

• Oversee design and quality control of 3 different design categories; which include, bed, bath and kitchen
• Assisted in Managing and training two CAD artists in the development of patterns, prints and technical design cards for products
• Pitch initial kick-off of a style including concept creation, delegation and continued supervision of the transformation from a license to a brand within home décor ensuring uniformity and seamless design
• Create and develop all bath ensembles from soft goods to hard bath accessories
• Travel overseas to work directly with factories and CAD artists in production, corrections and sourcing of new fabrications, products and materials
• Responsible for daily emails on all product until approval has been completed from concept to production

May 2005 - September 2005
Associate Designer, K-mart, New York, NY (111 8th Ave)
Partnered with Product Development team on hard home décor and seasonal goods. Supported bigger picture Ideology for the “Essential Home” brand

• Developed original art for entire line of décor seasonal products, poly-print beach bags, and paper party wedding products to create seamless look for in store inline and end caps
• Executed all design cards, product development packages within/beyond category and sent to multiple vendors for costing and quality of product
• Advised strike off comments to factories until final approval

2003-2005
Bath Designer, Town and Country Living, New York, NY (295 5th Ave Textile Building)

• Sketched and executed bath products on computer, as well as mock up design concepts to be carried out in-house and outside freelance artists
• Cad Art: Used the CAD system to develop engraved ready art for overseas mills
• Scanned artwork and created color separation which included matching colors, creating files for engravers and archiving files on all artwork to backup
• Prepared individual customer presentations upon Sales request, trend/concept boards and catalog booklets for internal use
• Developed product packages consisting of spec sheets, development sheets, color pitch sheets, and engraving sheets
• Responsible for daily emails on independent projects such as internal
Correspondence between Sourcing, Sales, and Design on all products in motion until approval of product has been completed from concept to production
• Corresponded with mills, answered technical questions for Product Development, as well as meeting with overseas makers regarding new fabrications
• Followed production, design concepts and offered design solutions for Martha Stewart, Esprit and Ralph Lauren bath

2002-2003
Product Designer, Interbrand LLC, New York, NY (Empire State Building)
Designed entire line of bags, belts, wallets and other small leather goods for all licenses including; Timberland, National Geographic, Dunlop and other small accessories partners. Conducted market research on trends to ensure expectations of seasonal themes were in line with company goals.

• Maintained licensor’s color communication and standards throughout all categories. Oversaw approval/rejection processes and supervised quality control of design and product development
• Maintained vendor and factory overseas communication regarding design, development and production of all divisions
• Created all packaging concepts and hangtags. Updated and maintained licensor archives including digital photo archives, research samples, design books, techniques, trim references and fabric techniques

Education

1997-2002
Parsons School of Design, New York NY
BFA, Product Design and concentration in Illustration

Computer Skills

Computer Skills include Word,Excel, Adobe IllustratorCS5, Adobe PhotoShopCS5, and in Windows PC & MACINTOSH operating systems. Was currently trained in basic Solidworks 3D systems.