David Tisdale Design Inc. 647 Clinton Avenue Bridgeport, CT 06605 203-521-6468 [email protected] www.davidtisdaledesign.com

AWARDS/HONORS

DESIGN PATENTS, 2004-2003, Issued for the U.S.A. GOOD DESIGN AWARD, 2001, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design DESIGN PATENTS, 2000-1998, Issued for the U.S.A., Canada, Italy and the U.K. GOOD DESIGN AWARD, 1996, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design INTERNATIONAL FRANKFURT MESSE, FORM 95, 1995 PANTONE COLOR AWARD, 1988, Pantone Color Institute ARTS AMERICA GRANT, 1986, to lecture on American Jewelry Design in Indonesia and Singapore, Information Agency, State Department ID ANNUAL DESIGN REVIEW, BEST DESIGNS, 1986 AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM DESIGN AWARD, 1985 ARTPARK, Artist in Residence, Lewiston, NY PENLAND ANODIZING SYMPOSIUM, participant, Penland, NC

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

CHICAGO ATHENAEUM MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, Chicago, IL COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Montreal, , Canada MUSEUM OF APPLIED ART, Trondheim, Norway MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS, Berlin, MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN, New York, NY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, Houston, TX PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, Philadelphia, PA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Davis, CA VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond, VA WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Racine, WI YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT NUMEROUS IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, Worldwide

EXHIBITIONS - Selected

2006 “Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005,” Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY 2003 “Have A Bite: 20th Century Flatware,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2001 ”Aluminum By Design: Jewelry to Jets,” Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY 1995 “Jewelry from the Permanent Collection,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1994-1993 “Borne with a Silver Spoon,” National Tour, organized through Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 1993-1990 “Art That Works,” Decorative Arts of the Eighties, Crafts in America, National Tour, organized by the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC 1991 “Weathervanes,” Parish Art Museum, Southampton, NY 1991-1989 Craft Today USA,” European Tour, organized by the American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1991-1988 “Design USA,” USSR Tour, organized by the United States Information Agency, Washington, DC

1989 “Artful Objects: Recent American Crafts,” Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN 1989-1988 “Design in America,” Eastern European Tour, organized by the United States Information Agency, Washington, DC 1988-1997 “Grand Prix Des Metiers D’Art,” International Tour, organized by the Banque d’Epargue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1988-1986 “Poetry of the Physical,” National Tour, organized by the American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1987 “Innovation/Applications, Technological Pioneers in Metalsmithing,” Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA “Geometro Deco,” Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC 1987-1985 “American Jewelry Now,” Asian Tour, organized through the American Craft Museum, New York, NY and the United States Informational Agency, Washington DC 1986 “Machine as Metaphor,” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN “Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View,” Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, MA 1986-1981 “Good as Gold,” National Tour, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, DC 1985 “Contemporary Jewelry Redefined: Alternative Materials,” Pittsburgh Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA “Contemporary Metals USA,” Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA “Weltausstellung fur Goldschmiedekunst,” Galerie R. Dentler, Ulm, Germany 1985-1984 Celebration 84,” Canadian Tour, organized by the Ontario Crafts Council 1984 “Jewelry USA,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY “Modern Jewelry, 1966-1984,” Le Chateau Dufresne, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1983 “Four American Jewelers,” V&V Galerie, Vienna, “Art to Wear,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY “Contemporary Metalwork,” Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 1981 “Sterling Silver Design Competition,” Sterling Silversmith’s Guild of America, Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, MO “Anodized Aluminum: An Alternative for Jewelry,” Graduate Thesis Exhibition, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 1980 “Tradition and Change,” University of Houston, Houston, TX “California Metals ’80,” California State University, Long Beach, CA 1979 “Sterling Silver Design Competition,” Sterling Silversmith’s Guild of America, Lever House, New York, NY

BOOKS/PUBLICATIONS

INSPIRED JEWELRY, From the Museum of Arts and Design, 2009, Ursula Ilse-Neuman, ACC Editions, Woodbridge, England ORNAMENT AS ART, 2008, Helen Drutt, Arnoldsche JEWELRY OF OUR TIME, 1996, Helen W. Drutt English and Peter Dormer, Rizzoli ONE OF A KIND, 1994, Susan Lewin, Abrams THE ROCKER, 1992, Bernice Steinbaum, Rizzoli PRODUCT DESIGN 3, 1989, Joe Dolce, PBC International INTERNATIONAL DESIGN YEARBOOK, 1988, John Coleman and King Ltd., London, England PRODUCT DESIGN 2, 1987, Sandra Edwards, PBC International CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS ART IN THE WORLD, 1987, Gap Eul Publishing, Seoul, Korea THE NEW JEWELRY, TRENDS AND TRADITIONS, 1985, Peter Dormer and Ralph Turner, Thames and Hudson TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWELRY,1985, Barbara Cartlidge, Abrams

NEW YORK TIMES NEWSWEEK NEW YORKER WASHINGTON POST SMITHSONIAN BON APETIT CHICAGO TRIBUNE METROPOLITAN HOME AMERICAN CRAFT NEW YORK NEWSDAY DESIGN WEEK HOME MIAMI HERALD I.D. METALSMITH PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER AXIS HOUSE AND GARDEN SAN DIEGO UNION METROPOLIS GOURMET HOUSTON CHRONICLE NEW YORK ORNAMENT ST. LOUIS PRESS JOURNAL HOUSE BEAUTIFUL AXIS NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ROBB REPORT CRAFT LOS ANGELES TIMES ACCENT BEST REPORT LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS BRIDE’S THE WORLD OF INTERIORS MONTGOMERY JOURNAL ACCESSORIES

PROFESSIONAL

1986 – 2013 President, David Tisdale Design Inc. New York and Connecticut Product Design and Development, Interior Design 1989 Partner, Fresh Design, New York, NY 1985 – 1988 Member of the faculty, New York University, New York, NY 1982 – 1988 Member of the faculty, New School/Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1981 – 1986 Owner, David Tisdale Jewelry Design, New York, NY

EDUCATION

1981 M.A. in Art, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 1978 B.S. in Design with highest honors, University of California, Davis, CA 1974 – 1976 School of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, CA