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David Silva
 
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David Silva
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Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
June 1995
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Industrial Design.

 


spidermonkeydesign, Providence, RI
Oct. 1999 - current
(My own Design company!)
  • Web Page Design and Coding
  • Exhibit / Tradeshow Design
  • Presentation Models and Animations
  • Graphic Design

Clients Include:

  • America Online, Interactive Kiosk, Dulles, VA
  • Mass Networks Inc., Interactive Kiosk, Boxboro, MA
  • Telebrands Inc., Product Design, Fairfield, NJ
  • Caribiner International, Boston, MA
  • Gilbert Displays, Melville, NY
  • Access TCA, Whitinsville, MA
  • Design Minds, Fairfax, VA



Innovations, Inc.
, Shrewsbury, MA

Nov. 2000 - Nov. 2003
(Custom Tradeshow and Exhibit Fabrication)
  • Participated in all aspects of design for exhibits and trade shows.
  • Construction of presentation models and boards.
  • Website design and maintenance.

Clients Include:

  • Christa McAuliffe Challenger Center, Visitors Center, Framingham, MA
  • Stride Rite Corporation, Tradeshow booth, Lexington, MA
  • Raytheon, Tradeshow booth, Waltham, MA


Admore, Inc.
, Sterling, MA
May 1998 - Oct. 1999
(Custom Tradeshow and Exhibit Fabrication)
  • Participated in all aspects of design for trade shows, exhibit centers, museums.
  • Construction of presentation models and boards.
  • Website design and maintenance.

Kearney and Associates, Lorton, VA

Sept. 1995 - May 1998

(Custom Graphics and Exhibit Fabrication)
  • Designed produced and installed signage and graphics.
  • Participated in all aspects of design for exhibit centers, museums.
  • Produced shop drawings for fabrication.
  • Exhibit construction and installation.

Paulus Design Group
, Alexandria, VA

Sept. 1995 - Nov. 1997

(Exhibit Design, Museum Planning)
  • Participated in all aspects of design for trade shows, exhibit centers, museums.
  • Construction of presentation models and boards.
  • Creation, manufacture and installation of vinyl signage.

Projects include:
Design:

  • Children’s Museum of Virginia, Interactive exhibits, Portsmouth VA.
  • Hoechst Marion Roussel, Visitors Center, Kansas City, MO.
  • Iowa Health System, Information Kiosk, Des Moines, IA.
  • MCI Telecommunications, Interactive Kiosk.
  • Mercedes Benz, Visitors Center, Tuscaloosa AL.
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of the Archives, Interpretive Exhibit, Washington DC.

Graphics:

  • Bacardi Rum, Display Banners, Puerto Rico
  • Cape Charles Visitor Center, Cape Charles, VA
  • The Olympic Woman, Atlanta Cultural Olympic Committee, 1996

Hasbro Toys
, Pawtucket, RI

May 1995 - Aug. 1995

(New Ventures; Research and Development)
  • Development of new product ideas.
  • Construction of models and/or prototypes.
  • Assisting with presentation of new concepts.



Speaker at Exhibitor Show 1999 (Spring and Fall)

  • Co/speaker for Design Seminar entitled "Design - Outside the Mind Set"

 

Design and Production

  • Marker and Computer renderings of product designs
  • Technical drawing
  • Wood, Metal, Foamcore and Styrofoam models
  • Use of large and small power tools (wood and metal lathe, milling machine, etc.)
  • Use of hand tools (planes, chisels, etc.)
  • Knowledge of plastic, wood and metal manufacturing techniques
  • Manufacture and application of vinyl signage

Computer

  • Bentley Microstation J/V8 (fluent)
  • Autodesk VIZ 4.0 (fluent)
  • Discreet 3D Studio MAX 6.0
  • Adobe Illustrator CS (fluent)
  • QuarkXPress 3.32
  • Adobe PhotoShop 7.0 (fluent)
  • Corel PhotoPaint 11.0
  • Corel Draw 11.0 (fluent)
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver MX (fluent)
  • Macromedia Fireworks MX (fluent)
  • Macromedia Flash MX
  • MAC and PC OS