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
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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