Brendan Wypich
Designer, Artist, Innovation Consultant
| Headline: | Inventor |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.bungalow.ca |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Health, Internet, Media, Mobile |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Graphic design, Human-Computer Interaction, Marketing, Product design, Viral marketing, Web design |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| Groups: | Imagine H2O - Please Register at link below, Imagine H2O 2011, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], [INACTIVE] Imagine H2O |
| Visas: | F1 - USA |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Meeting new people, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Receiving feedback |
| Tags: | clean tech, early-stage product development, interaction design, Mobile Applications, silicon valley |
| Schools: | Queen's University, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Stanford University |
FULL BIO
Brendan is from Toronto, Canada and currently lives in Silicon Valley, CA. He has worked as an interaction designer, technology consultant, educator, art director, and new media artist. His current research explores ways in which design can be leveraged to stimulate behavior change towards energy consumption.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Center for Design Research, d.school, Centre for Foresight & Innovation, Stanford University |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2009 |
| Description: | BMW 2020 Foresight Project
- Future forecasting research & analysis - Concept & experience prototyping - Video scenarios (writing & production) |
| Employer: | Daylight Design |
| Position: | Designer, Summer Internship |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | - Human factors (research, interviews, synthesis)
- Prototyping (product & service concepts) - User-testing - Video scenarios (writing & production) |
| Employer: | School of Image Arts, Ryerson University |
| Position: | Collaborator & Systems Architect |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Evolving Stories Project
- Concept development and production of new artworks - Lab equipment purchasing & maintenance |
| Employer: | Dept. of Audio & Digital Media, Ryerson University, School of Radio & Television Arts |
| Position: | Instructor |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Designed curriculum for 2 new courses:
• Intermediate Digital Media Production • Emerging Internet Technologies (Graduate level workshop series) |
| Employer: | InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre |
| Position: | Studio Manager |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2006 |
| Description: | - Workshop instruction and curriculum design
- Artwork installation - Artist technical support |
| Employer: | Culture Technologies Ltd. |
| Position: | Interaction Designer, New Media Developer |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2007 |
| Description: | - Custom hardware & software design/development
- Technology consulting - Digital media production - Brand development |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Design, MFA |
| University: | Ryerson Polytechnic University |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2005 |
| Degree: | New Media, BFA |
| University: | Queen's University |
| Time period: | 1996 - 2000 |
| Degree: | Marketing & IT, BCom |
