RESUME
EDWARD HARBER
PERSONAL DETAILS
D.O.B.
ADDRESS
TEL.
2 5 67
2083 NW Johnson St. #42
Portland OR 97209
+1 971 285 1970
EDUCATION
1980 to 1993 Grenville College, Bideford, Devon
7 ‘O’ Levels
1983 to 1985 Chichester College of Technology
B.T.E.C. National Diploma in Business Studies
1985 to 1986 West Sussex College of Design
Art Foundation Diploma
1986 to 1991 University of East London
BA (Hons) degree 2:1 Fashion; Design with Marketing
1993 to 1995 DeMontfort University Leicester
MA Industrial Design (Distinction)
DESIGN
NIKE INC.
1997 to 1998: Designer 2 in RPM (Research Product Materials)
Located in Beaverton OR USA
1998 to 2000: Senior Designer (Advanced Innovation Team)
Located in Beaverton OR USA
10/2003 to 6/2005: Senior Design Lead, AIT, Nike Design
Facility in England
6/2005 to Present: Senior Design Lead, AIT, Nike Design
Facility in Beaverton OR
My Innovation brief with Nike is to design performance enhancing
apparel. This is achieved by executing a research-based Industrial
Design process for the Advanced Innovation Team. My major
design projects have been:
Track and Field Swift Suit (used by Nike Olympic athletes)
Stand-Off Marathon Singlet (textile and garment)
Speed Skating Swift Skin (used by Nike Long and Short
Track Olympic skaters)
Speed Skating Nike Sphere Warm-Ups (textile and garments)
Cycling Time-Trial Swift Spin (used by Lance Armstrong and
the US Postal/Discovery Team)
Nike PreCool Vest (launched at the Beijing Olympics)
1997 (3 month attachment) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
(US Army)
Revolutionary Concept Design of Integrated Load Carriage,
Body Mounted Computer and Body Armour
1995/97 MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (UK)
Defense Clothing and Textile Agency
Industrial Designer and Project Manager for Integration of
Crusader 21.
My primary task was to research and produce revolutionary
concepts for the infantry soldier. I was responsible for the
design of Integrated Clothing and Equipment. The philosophy
was to consider the soldier as a system, improving integration
and generating duel function products.
1995 DAINESE LTD., VINCENSA, ITALY
Design of Motorcycle Suits Boots and Gloves.
Dainese Contracted me to design a collection of race suits,
leather jackets, trousers, gloves, and touring jackets. The
collection was launched in Milan then taken to market globally.
1991/93 PINEAPPLE dance wear Sportswear Fashion
Two years full-time employment, garment and graphic design.
Also producing the company brochure.
1989/90 FITCH RS design Consultants
Nine month industrial placement working as a designer in
Corporate Identity, retail and product design. Clients included
Ford, Southern Electric, Bank of Ireland and Bayer Electronics.
AWARDS
GUEST
LECTURING
Red Dot Design award ; Nike PreCool Vest
ID Magazine Annual Design Review; Design Distinction
for Nike swift Suit
DOD “Exceptional Industrial Design” Award; Force XX1
Land Warrior
Nike Maxim Award; “It’s in our Nature to Innovate”
Ministry of Defense; Graduate Science Trainee, fast track
program
Otis Parsons School of Art and Design, LA
Bunka fashion College, Tokyo
Cornell University, Function Apparel Degree Course