Tom Campbell

Background

About Tom Campbell

Upon completing his Master's Degree in Industrial Design with an emphasis in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1976, Tom worked as a industrial designer at various West Coast consulting firms until forming his own design group in 1980. Tom Campbell+Associates, Inc. has completed over 225 industrial design, environmental and graphic design projects ranging from consumer electronics, medical equipment, and musical instrumentation to large environmental architectural programs and exhibits. Tom has been the senior product designer and project manager on major industrial design programs for such companies as Panasonic, Avery Dennsion, Kurzweil, Fender Musical Instruments, Bird Medical, and Pulmonetic Systems. He was instrumental in the fabrication and installation of major environmental programs including the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Cleveland's Gund Arena, Los Angeles Union Station, Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, New York, West Point Military Academy and Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Tom has served as Western District Vice President and the Los Angeles Chapter chairman of the Industrial Designers Society of America and has served on the society's National Board of Directors for 1994-1998. Tom was the Chair and MC for the 2004 IDSA National Conference. Tom has been a part time instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for past 24 years where he taught upper level industrial design classes from 1989 to 2004 and teaching project management and design leadership to graduating Art Center industrial design students until continuing with design and project management consulting full time in 2010 Specialties: Design project management, industrial design, environmental design, industrial design instructor