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

AWARDS/HONORS

DESIGN PATENTS, 2003-2004, 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, United States 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 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Los Angeles, CA MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Montreal, Quebec, Canada MUSEUM OF APPLIED ART, Trondheim, Norway MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS, Berlin, Germany 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

1989 Craft Today USA,” European Tour through 1990, organized by the American Craft Museum, New York, NY “Artful Objects: Recent American Crafts,” Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN 1988 “Design USA,” USSR Tour through 1991, organized by the United States Information Agency, Washington, DC 1987 “Innovation/Applications, Technological Pioneers in Metalsmithing,” Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA “Grand Prix Des Metiers D’Art,” Panque d’Epargue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, International Tour through 1988 “Geometro Deco,” Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC 1986 “Poetry of the Physical,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY, National Tour through 1988 “Design in America,” United States Information Agency, Eastern European Tour through 1989 “Machine as Metaphor,” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN “Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View,” Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, MA

EXHIBITIONS - Selected

1985 “American Jewelry Now,” organized through the American Craft Museum and the United States Informational Agency, Asian Tour through 1987 “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 1984 “Jewelry USA,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY “Modern Jewelry, 1966-1984,” Le Chateau Dufresne, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada “Celebration 84,” Ontario Crafts Council, Canadian Tour through 1985 1983 “Four American Jewelers,” V&V Galerie, Vienna, Austria “Art to Wear,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY “Contemporary Metalwork,” Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 1981 “Good as Gold,” organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, DC Tour through 1986 “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 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 – 2016 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

CLIENTS/PRODUCTS

AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM Anodized aluminum tabletop products, jewelry AT HOME DECORATIVE HOMEWARES Christmas mugs, hand painted dinnerware BACCARAT Crystal corporate gifts BED BATH & BEYOND Picture frames BOSTON WAREHOUSE Outdoor lighting BURNES OF BOSTON Picture frames CAMBRIDGE SILVERSMITHS, LTD. Stainless flatware CENTRUM Marble tabletop accessories CHANTAL Teakettles COPCO Trivets, spoon rests, candle accessories, teakettles COUROC Trays and accessories DANSK INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS Dinnerware, glassware, flatware, desk accessories DOMESTICATIONS Christmas dinnerware ELIKA Anodized aluminum and wooden tabletop products FETCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. Picture frames FINGERHUT Dinnerware and ceramic accessories FORMICA CORPORATION Symposium fixtures and promotional materials FORTUNOFF Exhibition catalog and related graphics FRED M. LAWRENCE CO., INC. Picture frames GLOBAL AMICI Glassware collections, metal accessories HARTSTONE Children’s dinnerware HOYA CRYSTAL Crystal corporate gifts, tabletop accessories LECHTERS, INC. Kitchen tools and gadgets, picture frames, ceramics, dinnerware and accessories, wooden pantry ware, glassware, pepper grinders, teakettles LENOX Glassware Collections M. KAMENSTEIN, INC. Pantryware and storage collections MALDEN Picture frames MAJESTIC Acrylic drinkware and accessories, vinyl placemats, novelty housewares, outdoor lighting, packaging MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Stationery and toy concepts NAMBE Picture frames, tabletop products NATIONAL PICTURE AND FRAME Picture frames and tabletop accessories NAUTICA Home furnishings OGGI CORPORATION Thermal carafes, ceramic tabletop and housewares collections SANYEI CORPORATION Ceramic dinnerware collections SASAKI Flatware, dinnerware, crystal STEUBEN Crystal vases, decanters TERRAGRAFICS Picture frames THE PAMPERED CHEF Ceramic serveware collection TOWLE HOUSEWARES Ceramic tabletop collection TREASURE CRAFT Ceramic tabletop collection TUPPERWARE Dinnerware, picture frames WATERFORD CRYSTAL Ceramic and crystal collections WILLIAM BOUNDS LTD. Pepper Mills WILTON ARMETALE Serveware and giftware WORLD KITCHEN, INC. Casual Entertaining Collections YAMAZAKI TABLEWARE Flatware ZELCO INDUSTRIES, INC. Mangia! portable flatware, portable picnic tool, barbecue tools