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Bruce Claxton

Design management professor

Education

  • M.I.D., industrial design, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • B.F.A., industrial design, The Cleveland Institute of Art

Credentials

  • Part-time Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Senior Director, Design Integration, Motorola Solutions
  • Director, Senior Manager, Manager, Sr. Designer, Motorola
  • Senior Designer, Schick Electric
  • Senior Designer, SCM Corporation
  • Designer, Eaton Corporation

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Award of Distinction, Fort Lauderdale Art Institute, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1999
  • Gold award from Businessweek for the i1000 Communicator, 1999
  • The Talkabout series of products also won a Gold award for the “Design of the Decade” issued by Businessweek magazine and the Industrial Design Society, 1999
  • Gold award for the Talkabout two-way radio in the 1998 Businessweek International Industrial Design Excellence Awards competition, 1998

Organizations

  • Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA)
    • Past President
    • Board Chairman Emeritus
    • Past District Vice President
    • Fellow
    • Past Chapter Chair, Florida
    • Helped establish Florida and Philadelphia chapters Helped establish Mid Atlantic district.
  • Board Member, International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
  • Regional Advisor, World Design Organization
  • Board Member, China Bridge International 2013–present
  • Chairman of the Board, Aether Global Learning
  • Past Chapter Secretary, Human Factors Society, Philadelphia, PA

Publications and presentations

  • Lecture and Workshop: Design Thinking and Innovation, IPADE MBA Program, Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, 2016
  • Lecture and Workshop: Design Thinking and Innovation, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, 2016
  • Certified Design Patent Expert Witness by the Industrial Design Society of America, 2015
  • Lecture: Design Thinking and Innovation, IPADE Executive MBA Program, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2015
  • Lecture and Workshop: Design Thinking and Innovation, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2014
  • Lecture and Workshop: Design Thinking and Innovation, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, 2014
  • Led Auburn University Industrial Design Graduate School Recruiting Visit to China (five cities), 2014
  • Lecture: Design Thinking and Innovation, IPADE MBA Program, Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, 2014
  • Guest Speaker, China International Design Conference, Wuxi, China, 2013
  • Lecture: Design Thinking and Innovation, IPADE MBA Program, Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, 2013