Curriculum Vitae
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`Steve Visser
`2472 Gala Court
`West Lafayette, IN 47907
`svisser@purdue.edu
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`765-494-2295 office
`765-491-9633 cell
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`Education
`1988
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`1982
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`University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
`MFA in Industrial Design
`Northwestern College
`BA in Fine Arts, Sculpture
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`Academic Appointments
`Professor
`Industrial Design
`Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts
`Purdue University
`Associate Professor
`Industrial Design
`Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts
`Purdue University
`Assistant Professor
`Industrial Design
`Department of Visual and Performing Arts
`Purdue University
`Visiting Assistant Professor
`Industrial Design
`Department of Creative Arts
`Purdue University
`Teaching Assistant
`University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
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`2006-Present
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`1996-2006
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`1990-1996
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`1989-1990
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`1986-1988
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`Professional Positions
`DesigNapkin
`Co-Founder
`West Lafayette, IN
`Steve Visser Design
`Industrial Design Consultant
`West Lafayette, IN
`Hari and Associates
`Industrial Designer
`Skokie, IL
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`2005-present
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`1990-2005
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`1988-1989
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`PHISON 2009
`PNY Technologies Inc.
`V. Phison Electronics Corp.
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`Awards and Honors
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`2007
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`2005
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`2004
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`2003
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`2003
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`1999
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`1997
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`1995
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`1993
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`Honorary Professor
`Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing China
`Regional Competition: Indiana Venture Idol
`Winner: Coolest Idea (see Design Competitions and Exhibitions)
`National Design Competition: ID magazine
`Honorable Mention (see Design Competitions and Exhibitions)
`Taiwan International Design Competition
`Award of Excellence (see Design Competitions and Exhibitions)
`International Eyewear Design Competition: Opus Design Award
`Award Winner (see Design Competitions and Exhibitions) Japan
`Malaysian Polytechnic Curriculum Development Project
`Malaysia (see Grants)
`Fulbright Scholar
`Finland (see Fellowships and Residencies)
`National Design Competition: Idea95 Industrial Designers Excellence
`Award
`Silver Winner (see Design Competitions and Exhibitions)
`Neste Forma Finlandia 3 International Plastic Design Competition
`2nd Place (see Design Competitions and Exhibitions) Finland
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`Membership
`1992-Present
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`Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
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`2013
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`2013
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`Design Competitions and Exhibitions
`Juror
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`Appliance Design Excellence in Design Competition
`Troy, MI
`June
`Invitational International Design Exhibition
`YODEX
`Taipei, Taiwan
`May 17-20
`Exclamation Stacking Chair
`Juror
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`Appliance Design Excellence in Design Competition
`Troy, MI
`June
`Juror
`Nanjing Innovation Design Competition
`Nanjing China
`August 13-14
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`2012
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`2011
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`2011
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`2009
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`2009
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`2007
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`2006
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`2005
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`2005
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`Poster Session
`Mudd Design Workshop
`Clarmont CA
`May 28-30
`Design for Relieving: Home-based Healthcare Products
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`Cheryl Qian Primary Author
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`Steve Visser Poster Layout and Co-Author
`Invitational International Design Summit and Exhibition
`Nanjing China
`StoneStalk Bench
`October 25-26
`Juried National Exhibition
`BECA Gallery "Next" exhibition
`New Orleans, LA
`February 5-28
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`Woodstalk Bench
`Invitational International Design Summit and Exhibition
`Nanjing China
`November 7-8
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`Astro Lounge Chair
`Juried Exhibition at the Industrial Designers Society of America
`National Education Conference
`Austin TX
`September 17-20
`Astro Lounge Chair
`Indiana Venture Idol Competition
`Venture Club of Indian
`Indianapolis IN
`September 27
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`Winner: Coolest Idea $1000 (30 Finalists, 4 Winners)
`DesigNapkin Presentation
`Scott Shim and Steve Visser
`Juried Exhibition at the Industrial Designers Society of America
`National Education Conference
`Washington, D.C.
`August 21-23
`Giwa: Build-it-yourself Souvenir
`BLU Network: Borrow Lend Unite
`Safety Stove: for South Africa
`Flip: Invertible Organizer
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`PASASA International Safe Stove Competition
`Selected for prototyping (85 entries/ 35 prototyped)
`Paraffin Safety Association South Africa
`Johannesburg, South Africa
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`June 1
`Steve Visser
`Design Director:
`Jim McGlothlin, Human Factors
`Design Team:
`Scott Shim, Industrial Design
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`Jeff Youngblood, Materials Engineer
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`Dan Leard, Engineering
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`Rick Paul, Sculpture
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`Jeff Bazarko, Engineering Student
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`Zach Mundy, Industrial Design Student
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`Safety Stove: for South Africa
`Invitational Exhibition
`Ehwa Art Center
`Ehwa Women University
`Seoul, Korea
`April 15-19
`BLU Network: Borrow Lend Unite
`Giwa: Build-it-yourself Souvenir
`Safety Stove: for South Africa
`International Travel Souvenir Design Competition
`Selected Design (about 630 entries from 39 countries, 142 selected)
`Ministries of: Culture & Tourism, Commerce, Industry & Energy,
`Korean Association of Industrial Design, ICSID
`Kintex Exposition Center
`Gyeonggi, Korea
`April 14-17
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`Giwa: Build-it-yourself Souvenir
`Published in
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`International Travel Souvenir Design Competition 2005 Korea
`(Seoul Korea: Gyeonggi Tourism Organization), 41
`Satelite Sallone International Invitational Design Exhibition
`(Only two schools from the USA were in invited to exhibit in the Satelite Sallone, Purdue
`University and Pratt Institute)
`Milan Furniture Fair
`Milan, Italy
`April 13-18
`Giwa: Build-it-yourself Souvenir
`Safety Stove: for South Africa
`50th Annual International Design Competition: I.D. Magazine
`Honorable Mention (over 2000 entries/ 159 selected)
`New York, NY
`July
`Design Team: Steve Visser and Scott Shim
`BLU Network: Borrow Lend Unite
`Published in
`I.D. Magazine 50th Annual Design Review
`Volume 52, number 5, (July 2004): 184
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`2004
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`2003
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`2003
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`2003
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`2002
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`2002
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`International Aluminum Extrusion Competition
`Selected for Exhibition (109 entries from 9 countries/ 36 selected)
`ET Foundation
`International Aluminum Extrusion Seminar and Exposition
`Orlando, FL
`May 18-21
`Design Team: Scott Shim and Steve Visser
`Birdie Aluminum Extrusion Concept
`International Eyewear Design Competition: Opus Design Award 2003
`Award Winner (1771 entries from 62 counties/ 313 winners)
`Eyetec Co., Ltd.
`Tokyo, Japan
`December 1
`Design Team: Steve Visser and Scott Shim
`Shades Eyewear
`Taiwan International Design Competition: Creating a Digital Culture Design
`Award of Excellence (356 entries from 25 countries/ 20 selected)
`Taiwan Design Center
`Taiwan Industrial Development Bureau
`Taipei, Taiwan
`November 8-30
`Design Team: Steve Visser and Scott Shim
`BLU Network: Borrow Lend Unite
`Published in
`Taiwan Design Center, 2003 Taiwan Creative Design Expo (Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan
`Industrial Development Bureau), 115.
`Juried Exhibition at the Industrial Designers Society of America
`National Education Conference
`Pratt Institute
`New York, NY
`August 11-12
`Box Recycled Container
`Compliers® Fishing Pliers
`Forest Eyewear
`Civil Table
`Buffalo Mask
`Quantum Armchair
`Ateria Reliquary
`Stone Fruit Bowl
`Published in
`Eastman National IDSA Education Conference Proceedings New York 2003 (Dulles, VA:
`Industrial Designers Society of America), 259
`Invitational Exhibition at the Biennale Internationale Design 2002
`Museum of Modern Art, Saint-Étienné
`Saint-Étienné, France
`November 16-24
`Civil Interactive Play Table
`Humanscale/WWF National Mask Design Competition
`Honorable Mention (51 designs entered)
`Humanscale, Inc.
`New York, NY
`September 26
`Buffalo Mask
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`2001-2002
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`2000
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`29th Annual National Juried Toys Designed by Artists Exhibition
`Decorative Arts Museum
`Arkansas Art Center
`Little Rock, AR
`November 22, 2001-January 6, 2002
`Principle Designer: Steve Visser
`Designer: Nicolé Visser
`Herman the Dino
`National Furniture Design Competition: The Chair Show 4
`Selected Design (234 entries, 45 selected)
`Southern Highland Craft Guild
`Asheville, NC
`Quantum Armchair
`Traveling Exhibition: The Chair Show 4
`Folk Art Center
`Asheville, NC, September 30, 2001-January 13, 2002
`L. Y. W. Art Museum
`Wausaw, WI, February 2-April 7
`Wellington Gray Gallery Greenville, NC, June 6-September 21
`Published in
`David McFadden, The Chair Show 4 (Asheville, NC: Southern Highland), 44.
`Invitational Exhibition
`University of Lapland
`Rovaniemi, Finland
`August-November
`Ateria Reliquary
`Yalpsid Fruit Bowl
`International Eyewear Design Competition: Opus Design Award 2001
`Award Winner (1639 entries from 30 countries/ 138 award winners)
`(The only winner from the USA)
`Eyetec Co., Ltd.
`Tokyo, Japan
`September 13-14
`Egypt Eyewear
`Jan Ken Pon: Gifu World Design Competition
`The World Design Foundation
`Gifu Prefecture
`Gifu City, Japan
`May 9-June 12
`Stone Fruit Bowl
`Herman Miller Office-Supply Creation National Competition
`Honorable Mention
`Herman Miller
`www.Hermanmillerred.com
`Zeeland, MI
`Principle Designer: Steve Visser
`Designer: Nicolé Visser
`Herman the Dino
`Biennale Internationale Design 2000 Invitational Exhibition
`Museum of Modern Art, Saint-Étienné
`Saint Étienné, France
`October 7-15
`Egypt Eyewear
`Demi Fruit Bowl
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`1997
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`1996-1997
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`1995-1996
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`2000 Objects for the New Millennium Juried Exhibition
`Gallery 91
`New York, NY
`July-September
`Forest Eyewear
`Mid-States Crafts Regional Juried Exhibition
`Evansville, IN
`January-March
`Forest Eyewear
`Unlimited by Design National Invitational Exhibition
`Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (Smithsonian)
`New York, NY
`November 17, 1998-March 21, 1999
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliers® Flexural Fishing Pliers
`Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design International Invitational
`Exhibition
`Groninger Museum
`Groninger, Netherlands
`September 13-December 7
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliers® Flexural Fishing Pliers
`Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design International Invitational
`Exhibition
`Veletrzni Palác
`Prague, Czech Republic
`May 15-August 17
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliers® Flexural Fishing Pliers
`Innovations for Living/Industrial Design Excellence Awards 1989-1995
`National Invitational Exhibition
`Brook Steven’s Gallery at Milwaukee Institute of Design
`Milwaukee, WI
`October 18, 1996-August 23, 1997
`Design Team: Kyle Bennett and Steve Visser
`Kudo Crafters Clamp
`National Design Competition: Good Design Award Exhibition
`Selected Design (500 entries/ 120 selected)
`The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
`Chicago, IL
`October 24, 1995-January 13, 1996
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Don Herring: Dan Julian and Don Woods
`ExerTron™ Video Game Controller
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`National Design Competition: Good Design Award
`Good Design Award (Nearly 500 entries/ 80 selected)
`The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
`Chicago, IL
`October 24, 1995-January 13, 1996
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliers® Flexural Fishing Pliers
`Idea95: National Design Competition
`Silver Winner for New Product Concepts (766 entries/ 56 selected)
`Industrial Designers Excellence Award
`IDSA National Conference
`Santa Fe, NM
`September 13-16
`Design Team: Kyle Bennett and Steve Visser
`Kudo Crafters Clamp
`Published in
`Innovation: Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America, 14, no. 4, (Fall 1995):
`207.
`Cited in
`Business Week (June 7, 1993): 102.
`Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design International Invitational
`Exhibition
`Museum of Modern Art
`New York, NY
`May 24-August 22
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Miro Tasic and Brian McGreevy
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliant Fishing Pliers
`Published in
`Paola Antonelli, Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design Exhibition Bulletin (New York:
`Museum of Modern Art), 6.
`Permanent Collection
`The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
`Chicago, IL
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliers® Flexural Fishing Pliers
`94 Nagaoka International Design Competition
`Selected Design (615 entries from 40 nations/ 57 selected)
`Shinanogawa Technopolis
`Nagaoka City, Japan
`October 21-23
`Design Team: Bennett Kyle and Visser Steve
`Kudo Crafters Clamp
`Published in
`Interior Exterior International Design Competition 9 (Nagaoka, Japan: Shinanogawa
`Technopolis), 59
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`1993
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`1993
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`Permanent Collection
`Museum Die Neue Sammlung (Invitational)
`Industrial Design Collection
`Munich, Germany
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Miro Tasic and Brian McGreevy
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliant Fishing Pliers
`The Fine Line Between Art and Design Invitational Exhibition
`Tepasky Art Gallery
`Northwestern College
`Orange City, IA
`January 31, 1993-February 28, 1994
`Two-Person Exhibition
`Crafts Regional Juried Exhibition
`John A. Logan Museum and Art Gallery
`Carterville, IL
`November 19-December 31
`Rossetti Kitchen Utensil
`Idea93: National Design Competition
`Silver Winner, for New Product Concepts (678 entries/ 26 selected)
`Industrial Designers Excellence Award
`IDSA National Conference
`Atlanta, GA
`August 11-14
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Designers: Miro Tasic and Brian McGreevy
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliant Fishing Pliers
`Published in
`Innovation: Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America 12, no. 4 (Fall 1993): 125.
`Cited in
`Business Week (June 7, 1993): 78.
`Neste Forma Finlandia: International Plastics Design Competition 3
`Second Prize $18,000 (576 entries from 36 countries/ 2nd)
`Neste Corporation
`Espoo, Finland
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Miro Tasic and Brian McGreevy
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Compliant Fishing Pliers
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`Traveling Exhibition: Neste Forma Finlandia 3
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`Finland
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`Tapiola, Espoo
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`Sweden
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`Svenska Måssan in Gothenburg
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`France
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`Parc de la Villette, Paris
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`Germany
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`Rhein Ruhr Center, Mulheim-Ruhr
`Belgium
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`Zuiderdokken, Antwerp
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`Italy
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`Milan
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`Portugal
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`Espinho, near Oporto
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`UK
`National Exhibition Center, Birmingham
`Published in
`David Vickery, Neste Forma Finlandia International Plastic Design Competition 3 (Helsinki:
`Abbeygate), 12
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`April 19-25
`May 10-15
`June 7-13
`June 21-27
`September 20-26
`October 4-10
`October 20-26
`November 7-11
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`Architectonics: Regional Juried Exhibition
`Performing Arts Center
`Fort Wayne, IN
`October 22-November 20
`Nurkka Corner Floor Lamp
`Solo Exhibition of Recent Sculptures
`Concordia College
`Seward, NE
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`Patents
`2002
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`1997
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`1997
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`1996
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`1996
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`1996
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`Support Structure for a Chair
`Issued October 8
`Design Patent Number D463,925
`Inventor: Steve Visser
`Rotary Assembly Table
`Issued April 24
`Design Patent Number D440,786
`Inventors: Steve Visser, Sang-Gyeun Ahn, Laura Drake, Haolong Ma, and
`Seung-Jo Park
`Resilient Clamp
`Issued May 6
`Patent Number 5,625,931
`Inventors: Steve Visser and Kyle Bennett
`Video Game Controller
`Issued August 19
`Design Patent Number D382,604
`Inventor: Steve Visser
`Compliant Pliers
`Issued June 4
`Patent Number 5,522,290
`Inventors: Ashok Midha and Steve Visser
`Video Game Controller
`Issued November 12
`Design Patent Number D375,531
`Inventor: Steve Visser
`Video Game Controller
`Issued October 29
`Patent Number 5,568,928
`Inventors: Bruce Munson and Steve Visser
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`Designs Reproduced in Publications
`Steve Visser, “StoneStalk” pedestal
`Published in
`Portfolio of ’09 International Universities Design
`09国 校
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`作品展 委会
`际 际设计
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`南京理工大学
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`Steve Visser and Scott Shim, Timex Season and profile of Designapkin
`design firm
`Published in
`Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Design Now (London: Taschen Publishing)
`118-123
`Steve Visser and Scott Shim “BLU Network: Borrow Lend Unite”
`Published in
`Design (Taipei, Taiwan) Vol.114 (December/January): 71.
`Steve Visser, “Quantum Armchair”
`Published in
`American Style Magazine (Winter 2001-2002): 16.
`Steve Visser, “Ateria Reliquary”
`Published in
`Luisa Collina and Giuliano Simonelli, eds.,
`Designing Designers: Training Strategies for the Third Millennium
`(Milan, Italy: Politecnico di Milano), 73
`Steve Visser and Kyle Bennett, “Kudo Crafters Clamp”
`Published in
`George Covington and Bruce Hannah, Access by Design (New York: Van
`Nostrand Reinhold), 201.
`Steve Visser and Kyle Bennett, “Kudo Crafters Clamp”
`Published in
`Universal Design Excellence Project (Takoma Park, MD: Universal
`Designers and Consultants, Inc. in cooperation with The National
`Endowment for the Arts and the National Building Museum) slides.
`Steve Visser, and Ashok Midha, “Compliers™ Flexural Fishing Pliers”
`Published in
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`Design Report (Hamburg, Germany) (January/February 1996).
`Steve Visser, and Ashok Midha, “Compliers™ Flexural Fishing Pliers”
`Published in
`Plastics (May 1995): 7.
`Steve Visser, Miro Tasic, and Ashok Midha, “Compliant Fishing Pliers”
`Published in
`Taka Sihvola, Mikko, Design in Finland 1994 (Helsinki: The Finnish
`Foreign Trade Association), 60.
`Steve Visser, Miro Tasic, and Ashok Midha, “Compliant Fishing Pliers”
`Published in
`Innovation: Award-Winning Industrial Design (Glen Cove, NY: PBC
`International, Inc.), 82.
`Steve Visser, Miro Tasic, and Ashok Midha, “Compliant Fishing Pliers”
`Published in
`Paola Antonelli, Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design
`(New York: Museum of Modern Art and Rizzoli Press), 35
`Steve Visser, Miro Tasic, and Ashok Midha, “Compliant Fishing Pliers”
`Published in
`Design (London) 534 (June 1993): 8.
`Form Function Finlandia (Helsinki) no. 2 (June 1993): 91.
`K Plastic & Kautscherl Zeikey (Germany) (May 1993): 10.
`Plastverarbeiter (Heidelberg, Germany) 44 no. 5 (1993): 73.
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`Form (Zurich, Germany) no. 143 (1993): 129.
`Design in Kunststoff (Germany) no. 44 (1993): 72-74.
`Domus (Milan, Italy) no. 752 (September 1993): 80-81.
`Kunstof Magazine (Doetinchem, Netherlands) no. 5 (May 1993): 32.
`Machine Design (July 9, 1993): 12.
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`2009-2010
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`Industrial Design Activities
`Mini Massage Tool, (product design in process)
`Soft Tissue Therapy Tools Inc.
`Indianapolis, IN
`Fuzion ST3, (product design and development)
`Soft Tissue Therapy Tools Inc.
`Indianapolis, IN
`Pendant Lighting Design, Origins 212 Collection (product design)
`Omega Lighting
`Tupelo, MS
`Principal Design: Steve Visser and Scott Shim
`Track Lighting Design (product design)
`Omega Lighting
`Tupelo, MS
`Principal Design: Steve Visser and Scott Shim
`Design Team: Milan Jovanovic,
`Bike Seat Design (product design)
`David Porter
`Kansas City, MO
`Principal Design: Scott Shim and Steve Visser
`Cell Phone Design (product design)
`Samsung Electronics
`Sacramento, CA
`Principal Design: Scott Shim and Steve Visser
`MXR programmable light (product design)
`Apollo Design Technology Inc.
`Ft. Wayne, IN
`Principal Design: Scott Shim and Steve Visser
`Portable Electronics (product design)
`Klipsch Audio Corp.
`Indianapolis, IN
`Principal Design: Steve Visser and Scott Shim
`Design Team: Nick Poteracki, Milan Jovanovic, Faraz Shah and Scott
`Collins
`Wardrobe Valet (product design)
`Proman Products LLC.
`Loves Park, IL
`Principal Design: Scott Shim and Steve Visser
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`2006-2007
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`2006
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`2006
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`2005-2006
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`2005-2006
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`1999-2000
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`1999
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`1999
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`1998
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`Identity Mouth Guard (product design)
`Reliance Inc.
`Taipei, Taiwan
`Principal Designers: Scott Shim and Steve Visser
`Design Team: Nick Poteracki, Colt Stander, Bria Helgerson, Jason Boyer,
`and Brian Beaver
`USB Drive (concept design)
`Filadex Inc.
`West Lafayette, IN
`Contact Lens Travel Case (product design)
`Reliance, Inc.
`Taipei, Taiwan
`Sanitary Toilet Care System (product design)
`Dr. Seok-Jin Kim
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`Indianapolis, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Milan Jovanovic and Alex Cantoni
`Civil Interactive Play Table (furniture design)
`Imagination Station
`West Lafayette, IN
`Knock-Down Stool (concept development)
`Matt Striebel
`Bloomington, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Laura Drake and Kyungsook Song
`Interactive Trolley Exhibit (exhibit design)
`Imagination Station/City bus
`West Lafayette, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Nathaniel Grady, Michael Lah and Kiley Reed
`Quantum Armchair (furniture design)
`Patent assigned to Purdue Research Foundation
`West Lafayette, IN
`Fiber Optic Cross (design/ build commission)
`St. Thomas Aquinas Church
`West Lafayette, IN
`Wooden Decorative Products (product design)
`Reliance, Inc.
`Taipei, Taiwan
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Braden Smith and Haolong Ma
`Self-Watering Flowerpots (concept design)
`Reliance, Inc.
`Taipei, Taiwan
`Faucet Design (product design)
`Delta Faucet
`Indianapolis, IN
`Principal Designer: Judd Lord
`Design Team: Steve Visser and Loren Hill
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`1994-1995
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`1994
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`1994
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`1993
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`1993
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`1992
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`1992
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`Portable Bassinet (product design)
`Redmon, Inc.
`Peru, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Don Herring, Don Woods and Dan Julian
`Compliers® Flexural Fishing Pliers (product design)
`Compliers, Inc.
`West Lafayette, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Engineer: Ashok Midha
`Stenfors Temperature Control System (product design)
`Stenfors OY
`Oulu, Finland
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Kyle Bennett and Don Woods
`Computer Interface Device (product graphics)
`Inter-serve, Inc.
`Rockfort, IL
`ExerTron™ Video Game Controller (product design)
`ExerTron, Inc.
`Muncie, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: Don Herring and Scott Jost
`Tele-Talker™ (product design)
`Amuze Technologies
`Indianapolis, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Assistant: Braden Smith
`Kudo Crafters Clamp (product design)
`Fiskars, Inc.
`Madison, WI
`Design Team: Kyle Bennett and Steve Visser
`Mini Printer (concept design)
`Quixale America, Inc.
`NPC Limited
`Taipei, Taiwan
`Principal Designer: Chao-Hsi Wu
`Design Team: Steve Visser and Brian McGreevy
`ZARD printer sharing system (concept design)
`Power Print Systems
`Rossville, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Team: David Winn and Brian McGreevy
`Trim Line Vending Machine (concept design)
`Standard Changemakers, Inc.
`Indianapolis, IN
`Display Case (furniture design commission)
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`1991
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`1991
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`1991
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`1990
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`1989
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`1989
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`1989
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`1989
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`1989
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`1989
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`Elastic Mechanism Lab
`Mechanical Engineering Building
`Purdue University
`River Valley Evangelical Free Church (logo design)
`West Lafayette, IN
`Tricorder Radio Frequency Meter (product design)
`Trilithic, Inc.
`Indianapolis, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Assistant: Braden Smith
`Water Soluble Packaging System (concept development)
`Great Lakes Chemical
`West Lafayette, IN
`Principal Designer: Steve Visser
`Design Assistant: Richard Johnson
`ECG Analyzer (product graphics)
`Vetronics, Inc.
`Lafayette, IN
`KG Software (logo design)
`Micro Data Base Systems, Inc.
`Lafayette, IN
`Ansco Vision AL 35mm camera (product design)
`Haking, Inc.
`Hong Kong
`Principal Designer: Hari Matsuda
`Design Assistant: Steve Visser
`Whistler 750 radar detector (product design)
`Whistler, Inc.
`Westford, MA
`Principal Designer: Hari Matsuda
`Design Assistant: Steve Visser
`Shure Beta 58 wireless microphone (design detailing)
`Shure Brothers, Inc.
`Chicago, IL
`Whistler 2se radar detector (product graphics)
`Whistler, Inc.
`Westford, MA
`Point of purchase poster (graphic design)
`Ansco, Inc.
`Glen View, IL
`Coulter blood analyzer (product design)
`Coulter, Inc.
`Miami, FL
`Principal Designer: Robert Coons
`Design Assistant: Steve Visser
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`1988
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`Ansco Vision Gift Pack (package design)
`Ansco, Inc.
`Glen View, IL
`Principal Designer: Hari Matsuda
`Design Team: Peter Langmar and Steve Visser
`Top Flight Video Game Clam Pack (package design)
`Konomi, Inc.
`Chicago, IL
`Principal Designer: Hari Matsuda
`Design Assistant: Steve Visser
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`Expert Witnessing
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`2012-2013
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`2012-2013
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`2012-2013
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`2012
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`2010-2011
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`MSA vs. Nifty Home Products (expert witness, design patents)
`Gibson & Dernier LLP
`Wodbridge, NJ
` Give deposition as expert, Woodbridge, NJ, May 8, 2013
` Prepare report on infringement, March 15, 2013
`Frito-Lay vs. Medallion Foods, Inc. (expert witness, trademark)
`Baker Botts LLP
`Dallas, TX
` Testify at trial, Sherman TX, February 15, 2013
` Give deposition as expert, Dallas, TX, November 20, 2012
` Prepare report on trademark, October 8, 2012
`Nordock Inc. vs. Systems Inc. (expert witness, design patent)
`Sokol Law Office
`Milwaukee, WI
` Testify at jury trial, Milwaukee, WI, March 19 & 25, 2013
` Testify in claim construction hearing, Milwaukee, WI, January 30, 2013
` Give Declaration in summary judgment motion, November 5, 2012
` Prepare rebuttal report, July 20, 2012
` Prepare report on infringement/validity, June 20, 2012
`Sofpool LLC vs. Kmart and Big Lots (expert witness, design patent)
`Troutman Sanders LLP
`Irvine, CA
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` Give declaration in summary judgment motion, October 29, 2012
` Give declaration in claim construction hearing, June 18, 2012
` Prepare report on infringement, March 2, 2012
` Prepare report on validity, February 10, 2012
`Spellbound vs. Pacific Handy Cutter/Stanley Black & Decker
`(expert witness, utility patents)
`Miller Canfield
`Chicago, IL
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` Prepare rebuttal second supplemental report, September-October, 2011
` Give declaration on statement of facts, September 26, 2011
` Give declaration in support of summary judgment, August 5, 2011
` Prepare second supplemental report, July-August, 2011
` Give declaration in support of summary judgment, February 7, 2011
` Prepare rebuttal expert report, January-February, 2011
` Prepare expert report, October-December, 2010
` Give declaration on infringement and validity, December 17, 2010
` Prepare supplemental expert report, December, 2010
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`2010-2011
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`2010
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`2009
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`2008
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`2008
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`2007-2008
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`2006-2007
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`2006
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`2005-2006
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`Microsoft vs. Datel Inc. (expert witness, design patents)
`Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin PC
`San Francisco, CA
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` Give deposition as expert, June 8, 2011
` Prepare rebuttal report, May, 2011
` Prepare expert report, March-April, 2011
` Work on ITC expert report, June-August 2010
`Magnadyne vs. Best Buy/EverWin (expert witness, design patent)
`Troutman Sanders LLP
`Irvine, CA
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` Prepare expert report and declaration, March-April, 2010
` Prepare supplemental expert report, May, 2010
` Give deposition as expert, Detroit MI, June 3, 2010
`Plastipak (expert witness, design patent)
`Dykema Gossett LLP
`Chicago, IL
` Provide opinion on patent infringement
` September, 2009
`Trover Group, Inc. vs. Diebold (expert witness, design patent)
`Thompson & Knight, LLP
`Dallas, TX
` Prepare preliminary reports on invalidity and non-infringement, September–
`November, 2008
`Hanamint Corp. vs. Home Casual (expert witness, design patent)
`Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson, P.A
`Minneapolis, MN
` Give deposition on expert report, July 10, 2008
` Prepare expert report on invalidity, January-April, 2008
`Sofpool LLC vs. Intex Recreational Corp. (expert witness, design patents)
`Baker & Daniels LLP
`Indianapolis, IN
`Testify in jury trial as a design expert, Marshall Texas, April 15, 2008
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` Prepare expert report on non-infringement February-March, 2008
` Give declaration for markman hearing February 19, 2008
` Prepare expert report on invalidity July-February, 2008
`Calphalon vs. Meyer (expert witness, design patent)
`Dykema Gossett LLP
`Chicago, IL
`Testify in jury trial as a design expert, June 12, 2007
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` Give a deposition on expert report, Chicago IL, May 9, 2006
` Prepare expert report for Meyer Inc. in a design patent dispute, April, 2006
`Zuna Corporation vs. Atico, Walgreen & Target (expert witness, utility patent)
`Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP
`Washington D.C.
` Review patents, claim construction and manufactured products in view of a
`utility patent owned by Zuna Corporation, February-March
`Fisher-Price vs. Evenflo (expert witness, utility patent)
`Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
`Washington D.C.
`Testify in preliminary injunction hearing as an design expert, May 24, 2006
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` Give a deposition on the expert report and on the prior art involved in the case,
`Buffalo, NY, December 22, 2005
` Prepare expert report on two product that Evenflo produces and a patent that
`Fisher-Price owns, August-November 2005
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`2003-2004
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`2001-2003
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`2001
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`2001
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`2000
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`Fabio Perini S.p.A. vs. Chan Li Machinery Co. Ltd. (expert witness, utility patent)
`Baker & McKenzie LLP
`Washington, D.C.
` Work as non-testifying expert in an International Trade Regulation & Customs
`case involving an Italian manufacturer and a Taiwanese Manufacturer. October-
`December
` Create visual images to help explain the issues involved in the case.
` Create claim charts for US patents 5,979,818 and Re 35,729
`Fisher-Price vs. Graco (expert witness, utility patent)
`Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
`Washington D.C.
` Assist in preparation for Markman hearing to determine claim construction,
`Philadelphia, PA, March, 2004
`Testify in Preliminary Injunction hearing, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2003
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` Prepare a preliminary report for a lawsuit between Fisher-Price and Graco, Inc.
`concerning a product that Graco, Inc. produces and patent 6,520,862 that Fisher-
`Price owns, July-September, 2003
`Fisher-Price vs. Safety 1st (expert witness, utility and design patents)
`Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
`Washington D.C.
`Testified in a trial concerning seven products and on four patents in dispute,
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`Wilmington, DE, January 14-15, 2003
` Assist with patent reply brief for Summary Judgment
` Prepare PowerPoint presentations for trial, November-December, 2002
` Prepare exhibits for trial, May, 2002
` Review court’s claim construction, April, 2002
` Make declaration for court on claim construction, Wilmington, DE, March, 2002
` Prepare expert report on five products that Safety 1st produces and five patents
`that Fisher-Price owns, January, 2002
` Review Markman briefs, November, 2001
` Review prior art and claim construction, October, 2001
`Stein Industries vs. Display Specialties (expert witness, patent)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`Minneapolis, MN
` Reviewed patent history and depositions in the case, July-August, 2001
`The Kong Company vs. Mann Design (expert witness, utility patent)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`Minneapolis, MN
` Gave opinions on definition of claim language in patent 6,129,053 and visual
`comparisons with design patent 388,559, March, 2001
`3-M vs. Cabot (expert witness, utility and design patents)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`Minneapolis, MN
` Prepare expert report, February-March, 2000
` Prepare declaration, April, 2000
` Gave deposition, Indianapolis, IN, September, 2000
` Pre-trial review, October, 2000
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`International Fellowships and Residencies
`2002
`Study Abroad Program
`Taught British Style course at Oxford University.
`Oxford, UK
`June 30-August 4
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`1996-1997
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`International Faculty Exchange
`Taught at the University of Lapland for six weeks; included a Product Design course for
`international students from several countries within Europe, and an Advanced Research
`and Design course with group of Finnish students, designing a robot for domestic yard
`work.
`Rovaniemi, Finland
`April 1-May15
`Fulbright Scholar
`Won a scholarship to teach and research at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
`Teaching included courses in Industrial Design, Materials and Processes and Compliant
`Mechanisms. Research focused on creative endeavors with computer aided industrial
`design.
`Helsinki, Finland
`August 1996-August 1997
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`Breaking the Rules of Visual Perception
`Steve Visser and Cheryl Qian
`IDSA National Education Symposium
`Chicago, IL
`August 21
`Published online:
`www.idsa.org/sites/default/files/Visser-Paper_Breaking_the_rules_of_V