Brian Chiarizia, IDSA

Saturday.

I wake up in the morning, wash my face, brush my teeth quickly and head outside with the dog. Throw her ball into the woods once and it keeps her busy for hours. Bust out the weed-whacker, lawnmower, leaf blower and a broom. Get the junkmail out of the mailbox, yell 20 times for the dog to come inside, get her some water, throw my shoes in the closet and turn on some music. It's 10:00 in the morning and I have already interacted with a handful of products that I have had some direct or indirect influence in designing (dog not included). The ones that I have not designed, inspire me to design something cool on Monday morning.

I do what I do because we have the ability to improve people's lives through the products that they interact with on a daily basis. But seriously, how cool would it be if you could design your own dog?

Industrial Design & Human Factors Equivalents:

• Well Designed = ID: Beautiful. HF: Functional
• Ergonomic = ID: That feels good to me. HF: Acceptable for the 5th and 95th percentile
• Legible = ID: Less than or equal to 10 pt. font. HF: Greater than or equal to 28 pt. font
• Contrast = ID: 2 similar shades of any color. HF: Black and white

Education

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design, The Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002
• Concentration in Art History, The Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002

Professional Involvement

• Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
• Roofers Local Union #195

More about me

• LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brian-chiarizia/4/b45/598