Arvid has designed dozens of products for startups and Fortune 500 companies, spanning multiple categories: home appliances, consumer electronics, medical devices, furniture, lighting, packaging, luxury goods, as well as digital experiences like websites, apps, and interfaces.

In addition to industrial design, Arvid has extensive experience in brand strategy, working for years to create distinctive visual brand languages for billion dollar brands like NI, Pampers, GE Profile, and Amgen.

Arvid’s design and brand work has been recognized with multiple awards, including three International Design Excellence Awards.

Arvid is driven by a simple design philosophy: to create and visualize new ideas in service of larger ideals, to communicate with clarity and compassion, and to uphold the highest standards of ethics and craftsmanship.

Outside the studio, Arvid can usually be found reading about ancient history, taking photographs, pruning bonsai trees, or playing blitz chess. He’s also an avid collector of watches, writing instruments, and books.
Current Employment

Senior Designer

GE Appliances
  • 2022-Present
  • Louisville, Kentucky
  • Design Lead for GEA's Profile brand
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Recent Awards

2024: IDEA Gold


for GEA's Access Kit
Education
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA.
  • 2016 graduation, magna cum laude.
  • Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.
  • Bachelor of Science in Product Design with a minor in Fine Arts.
  • Winner of the Drexel University Cooperative Education Award
2014-Present

Employment

General Electric Appliances (GEA) - Louisville, KY.

Senior Industrial Designer

, 2022-Present
-Lead designer for Profile's next gen VBL
-Developed GEA’s luxury bands (Monogram & Café)
-Created VBL documents, concept designs, spec. documents, and prototypes.
-In charge of implementing Accessible Design across GEA's House of Brands.
-Conducted customer research & interviews.
-Assisted c-suite with long term planning (concept visualization & infographics)
-Designed & installed industry show booths.
-Led CMF development for the Café brand.
-Managed 7 of interns & mentored 2 per year.
Minimal Inc. (MNML) - Chicago, IL.

Senior Designer

, 2019-2022
Staff Designer, 2017
Design Intern, 2016
- Responsible for leading projects and managing product development timelines.
- Developed award winning products: IDEA Gold (Turf) and IDEA Silver (Wellbeings)
- Built 3D models and assemblies in SolidWorks & Modo.
- Produced renders and animations using Keyshot, V-Ray, and Octane.
- Created UI/UX wireframes, information architectures, and interactive mockups for consumer electronics and medical devices.
- Mentored junior designers; provided design guidance, training plans, & project briefing.
- Built pitch decks and client presentations.
- Wrote and laid out complex documents: product catalogs, 100+ page Visual Brand Language documents, and infographics.
- Produced Sketches and storyboards (hand & digital).
WellBeings, LLC. (MNML) - Chicago, IL.

Staff Designer & Photographer

, 2018-19
- Created a suite of product photographs for the brand website and assisted with web design.
- Designed the 2019 Product Catalog and additional marketing material.
- Produced photorealistic renders using Octane and Keyshot.
- Assisted with packaging design, copy, and layout for the inhaler.
Michael Graves Architecture and Design (MGA&D) - Princeton, NJ.

Design Intern

, 2015
- Nominated by Donald Strum, Principal Designer, for the 2016 Cooperative Education Award and won.
- Produced SolidWorks assemblies, spec. packets, and production drawings.
- Sketched new concepts, developed existing products, and built models.
- Maintained 3D printers, assisted video production, made packaging mockups.
Westphal College Hybrid Making Lab (Drexel) - Philadelphia, PA.

Lab Assistant

, 2014
- Maintained Objet Alaris 3D printers.
- Managed appointment scheduling and handled shop payments.
- In charge of laser cutters, machine tools, lab computers, and shop inventory.
- Opened and closed the shop, monitored student safety.
LeBow Freedom of Business Award - Philadelphia, PA.

Freelance Designer

, 2014 (3 months).
- Selected by Drexel Administration to design the 2015 Freedom of Business Awards.
- 10 weeks of sketch development, 12 weeks of CAD modeling and prototyping.
- Presented 3D printed prototypes, final renderings, and blueprints to clients.
Motorcycle History and Design - Philadelphia, PA.

Teacher's Assistant

, 2014 (3 months).
- In charge of integrating the class' ideas into one design for development.
- Modeled multiple fully detailed motorcycles in SolidWorks.
- 3D printed scale models which were displayed in the College art gallery for over a year.
- Created renders in Keyshot and a 6’x4’ presentation board for the school engineering competition.
Westphal College Product Design Lab - Philadelphia, PA.

Shop Assistant

, 2014.
- Opened and closed the shop, monitored students to ensuring safe machine use.
- Maintained shop & machine cleanliness.
- Managed the tool room, check in/out process, handled payments for materials.
- Created safety information sheets and stickers to promote safe machine use.

Order.

The world is noisy — a reflection of our collective thought process. For designers, this chaos is difficult to live in. Designers seek to bring structure and purpose to their surroundings. In an attempt to understand the overwhelming complexity of the material world, they recreate it piece by piece according to their spiritual ideal. The creative soul, guided by the conscious and subconscious forces of reason and intuition, is compelled to answer two fundamental questions: "Why?" and "How?" For Arvid, the "Why" is: Life is beautiful, and to fully connect with it, one must observe and create. The "How" is: through clarity, consistency, and quality.
Philosophy

Arvid is a student of Objectivism,

the philosophy of Ayn Rand. The principles of objectivity & rationality direct his approach to life and design. The logical result is a respect for the individual & for beauty.


  • Metaphysics
    The Primacy of Existence (Reality exists independently of human consciousness).
  • Epistemology
    Reason & Logic (as man's only means of cognition).
  • Ethics
    Ethical Egoism (Rational self interest).
  • Politics
    Individual rights (Property, Speech) & Free Markets (Laissez-Faire Capitalism).
  • Aesthetics
    Romantic Realism (Art that celebrates human existence, with the individual as Hero).
 
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Computer Modeling
 
SolidWorks
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Fusion
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Modo
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Houdini
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UI/UX
 
Figma
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Webflow
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3D Rendering
 
Keyshot
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Octane
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V-Ray
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2D Rendering
 
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Vizcom
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Adobe Suite
 
Photoshop (PS)
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Illustrator (AI)
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InDesign (ID)
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Experience Design (XD)
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Video Editing
 
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Premier Pro
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iMovie
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Productivity
 
Notion
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Keynote
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Miro
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Dropbox
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