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Kaenon

Hard Kore

The result of innovative materials and a "function first" focus, HARD KORE™ is the ultimate performance product for today’s athlete and sports enthusiast. A testament to the company’s commitment to Luxury Performance™ design and engineering, HARD KORE is the next evolution of the brand’s award-winning KORE™ model. This fresh design is lightweight, incredibly durable, and intuitively integrates with the natural form of the wearer’s head shape while accommodating different facial features.

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Kaenon

Baton

Small, clean, and comfortable, BATON is the new staple for anyone looking to have it all: style, comfort, and durability in a true unisex piece with condensed head-form geometry. BATON sports a narrower fit for smaller to medium size head shapes.

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Kaenon

Basis

An aviator-inspired, retro design for both men and women – BASIS™ brings together the high level of performance you have come to expect from Kaenon Polarized and the distinct comfort that could only come from a fusion of lightweight metal alloy frame, spring hinges, Air Bag™ nose pads, and Variflex™ rubber which form anchoring pillows securely embedded in the temple tips.

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Kaenon

Soft Kore

Designed specifically for women, Kaenon’s new SOFT KORE is the ultimate performance sunglass for women looking to push their athletics and visual comfort to the next level. The newest member of Kaenon’s sport-specific KORE family of award-winning performance frame styles, SOFT KORE was designed with 100% functional features engineered into the frame. Reduced cranial geometry and shorter temples to better fit female features, and the semi-rimless 8 base frame allows for unobstructed downward vision along with increased air flow.

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Kaenon

Eden

Inspired by the retro era of the 1950’s, EDEN™ takes top honors in the fashion food chain. With its oversize 8-base wrapped frame - architecturally transitioning to a thin and comfortable temple - EDEN is authentically unique in design and truly women-specific in style. The distinguished frame features brilliant detailing and the ‘backswept’ temples are adorned with metal Kaenon icons.

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Kaenon

Lewi

Linking clean, wrapped surface design with outstanding performance, LEWI offers maximum coverage with subtle styling – like ergonomically engineered paddle arms and temple tips (for improved comfort and performance-fit) with channeled logo accents.

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Kaenon

Zaza

The new ZAZA™ is “contemporary-vintage” defined. Crafted in Italy for the fashion-conscious woman looking for the ultimate in Luxury Performance, the oversize ZAZA features retro-inspired bold and boxy lines.

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Sunglasses

Kaenon

Arlo

Blending sophisticated street appeal with Kaenon’s SR-91® polarized lenses, ARLO™ is characterized by its conservative, good looking design and universal fit that accommodates a wide range of face shapes. With its elegant lines, scripted metal inlay on the temples and 5-barrel metal hinges, ARLO is perfectly suited for any uptown excursion or outdoor adventure. The lifestyle-inspired unisex design of ARLO offers an exceptionally comfortable sunglass fit for a wide variety of men’s and women’s face sizes.

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Sunglasses

Kaenon

Soft Kore

Designed specifically for women, Kaenon’s new SOFT KORE is the ultimate performance sunglass for women looking to push their athletics and visual comfort to the next level. The newest member of Kaenon’s sport-specific KORE family of award-winning performance frame styles, SOFT KORE was designed with 100% functional features engineered into the frame. Reduced cranial geometry and shorter temples to better fit female features, and the semi-rimless 8 base frame allows for unobstructed downward vision along with increased air flow.

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Furniture

Maxelle (Chrome)

Inspired by the original Maxell ad, featuring a guy sitting in a Le Corbusier chair, my goal was to produce a shape that imitates the feeling and dynamic of that image. Many people, without being told what the image means, start telling me that the chair reminds them of just that ad. Painting the chair in chrome added some futurism to the design.

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Furniture

Ergon

A simple design where the one-piece injection molded plastic fold is seat, leg and backrest. The inserted front legs are a part of the playful adaptation of an essential chair design.

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Furniture

Berlin Combo

This combination chair and sofa completes the design direction I took with the Berlin chair. The two chairs and one sofa sets up a perfect harmonious setting.

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Furniture

Folding Lounge Chair

The idea and challenge was to create a lounge chair that has a sturdy presence and yet is easily folded and rolled away. Made from teakwood, we assembled this chair to be 50 percent wider than other chairs. It even has a cupholder on one side. Don’t want to spill those drinks...

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Carbon Lounge

Without any limitations, I thought of the next great lounge. There are a few out there, and with material advancements I set out to design a sculpture with a proper ergonomic fit. The inspiration was an infinity sign. Carbon fiber exterior, with a red leather insert.

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Rattan Chairs

For my attempt at garden furniture, I branched out into the use of rattan. Again, applying unconventional shapes to the material and still preserving a comfortable seating was and is my goal.

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Furniture

Maxelle Chair

Painted in silver with a dark gray seat insert. Placed in a rustic environment. This is how I always pictured the Maxelle chair: pure elegance. The lines are classic and you have the feeling that this chair will take off with you in it.

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Berlin Lounge Chair

It’s a tall order to design a lounge chair that incorporates classic lines with a new take on surfaces and seating comfort. The basic chair is very angular except for one arching line along the outside of the armrest. But it’s not just a graphic: it actually allows the seated person to drop his or her elbows, therefore relaxing the shoulders and enjoying a very comfortable seating position, which is hardly ever the case with high armrests.

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Toys

Jada Battle Machines | Camaro V1

All battle-machine designs are based around licensed product. Heavily armored, something that I have done my share of, these are fun and fast exercises.

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Mattel Hotwheels | Extreemester

After I had designed a dozen vehicles for Hotwheels, I asked if I could do a couple of my own and license them. This sportster is one of those designs. The nose is completely in chrome, and there are two little windshields for the passengers.

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Jada Battle Machines | Classic

Not just armor over new cars, it’s almost more fun to work with older classic designs. These old cars are borderline tanks to begin with anyway.

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Toys

Jada Battle Machines | Camaro V2

Same as the V1, with different weapons and a regular paint job. I preferred the V1 for the flat paint used. Makes it look much tougher.

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Toys

Jada Battle Machines | Police Bike

A modern-looking police bike for the battle-machine toy line.

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Toys

Mattel Hotwheel

This was one of the first designs I did for Hotwheels. This particular illustration is actually being used for a line of T-shirts.

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Toys

Mattel Hotwheel

A hotrod version of one of GM’s classic show cars. The rocket-inspired design represents the pinnacle of concept cars. Would have been fun to be a designer in the 50s.

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Toys

Mattel Hotwheel | T-Cruiser/h3>

A spin-off design that I did to get around licensing issues with the design for Minority Report. It is way over the top. Later, Fox used it in "The Island," and it became the car from MR and was sold as such. Confusing, I know.

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Jada Battle Machines | Helicopter

A stealth-inspired design for a helicopter as part of the battle machines. A different challenge but so much fun again. A couple of revisions and the design was done. Sweet :-)

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Transportation

SolarMonkey

I am frequently contracted to design a vehicle around a golf cart. In this case it ends with a customer wanting a Corvette but is stuck with the chassis of a box. A good-looking box, I still think it would have beautifully showcased the business of solar panels.

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Transportation

Herrman Super E-Sports Car

Without any restrictions with regard to design and engineering, I was asked to design a super car that happens to be powered by an electric engine. This is how it looked in the early stage of renderings.

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Transportation

'65 Mustang Redesign

A friend of mine contacted me and asked for my help to redesign his old Mustang. It wasn’t a Fastback, so my intentions were to give it the sex appeal of the Fastback and clean up the design where it made sense.

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Transportation

Nissan Quest Showcar Interior

With modeling help from Dean Satkowsky, we realized the vision of the Nissan designers regarding the showcar of the quest. The production version had already been done, so this version was showcasing a less production-oriented version.

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Transportation

Hummer H2

TFX was hired to help with the design of the H2. They hired me again to design it over a very strict package. We ended up building a scale model, and GM took it under consideration before deciding to go with the showcar of the H2, which was well received at the auto shows.

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Transportation

170 Foot Catamaran

Pete Melvin, one of the most successful catamaran designers in the United States, hired me to help him with the design of a 170-foot catamaran. It was completely designed and modeled in 3D before the price put it on hold again by the potential client.

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Kettle One Bottle

As someone who likes a good martini, straight up with a twist, Kettle One is one of my favorites. Looking at the bottle and comparing it to the competition, I thought it needed a fresh new design. Just as an exercise I gave it a shot and sent it off to Holland.

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M.Audio Keyboards

This was a quick and fun week of perfect product-design execution: analyzing the existing product, looking into trends, and visualizing several directions for the client to choose from. I like them all.

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Hydrapak

With CamelBak the leader in the hydration backpack market, Hydrapak realized that it needed a fresh look to compete. I designed more than a dozen different packs, and with the help of studio roundhouse, we made the prototypes to the delight of Giro, who then sold the line.

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KRK Loud Speaker

Just like the keyboards, this was a quick exercise; within a couple days, a complete line was produced for the client.

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Product

Gun Windsurf Sails

This was a lot of fun. As a longtime windsurfer, I was reveling in the chance to design a whole set of windsurf sails. Meeting the owner of Gun Sails, which is located in Germany, I enjoyed a good friendship for the time being.

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E-Bike

We were ahead of the right time. Lee Iacocca heading the making of electric bikes. What can go wrong? After producing a perfect product that was stylish and functioned well, the company never managed to get a grip on reality, and it all went south.

Enjoying the work that James Gilbert, of Sandbox Design, and I put into this project, it still leaves us with a chuckle and a tear.