Aromadry
Eye Care
Fire Extinguisher
Frozen Pizza
Odorless Toilet
Oil Filter
OXO
Vaginal Simulator
Sleep Safe Tape
Speak-er
Stapleless Paper
Tricks to Impress Your Date
Waffle Maze
Waistline Shirt
Sink Plate
Walls Notebook
Shaved Papa
Reusable Bags
Just Mail It
Japanese T-shirts
Coversourcing
DJ Juice
Earbud Bling
Double Ended Jar
Mirror Plate
MET T-shirt
Moving In
Instant Photo Frame
New Lamp
Modular Wine Glasses
Get Your Zagat
Sink Bowl
Anti-Theft Lunch Bags
Sherwood was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Zimbabwe, and attended university in the US. After graduating with a degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering, he has worked as a product designer for various companies and consultancies.
Sherwood's main interests lie in searching for the simplest solutions to problems and creating novel and memorable experiences. He has created innovative designs for well-known companies as well as for his own personal brand, the. (www.thinkofthe.com). His works have garnered awards and extensive press attention.
Outside of design, Sherwood is passionate about food. He hopes to one day open his own bread and nut butter shop replete with a staff of well-trained squirrels to operate the grinding the machines.
EXPERIENCE
THE., 2009-Present
Cofounder & Product Design Engineer
Clients: The Conran Shop, Urban Outfitters, MoMA, Neiman Marcus
ARNELL GROUP, 2006-2008
Product Design Engineer
Clients: Home Depot, Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, Unilever
ION DESIGN, 2005-2006
Designer & Engineer
Clients: OXO, Castrol, Playtex
IDEO GMBH, 2004-2005
Product Designer
Clients: Pfizer, BMW, Nestle, Villeroy & Boch
SMART DESIGN, 2002-2003
Junior Mechanical Engineer
Clients: OXO, HP, Bauer
EDUCATION
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, 1998-2002
B.S.E. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
AWARDS
LG DESIGN THE FUTURE
Dual prize winner, 2010
NAGOYA INT’L DESIGN DO!
Silver prize, 2008
MUJI AWARD 03
Finalist, 2008
ZINK ZERO BOUNDARIES
Finalist, 2009
PRINCETON MARSHALL II MEMORIAL PRIZE
Third place, 2002
PRESS
NY Times, WIRED, Time, Newsweek, Glamour, Timeout, Metropolitan, Entrepreneur, Colors, Rachel Ray, ABC News, Fox News, NY1, …
SKILLS
Solidworks, Pro/Engineer, Finite Element Analysis, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS, Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, Minesweeper
INTERESTS & INSPIRATIONS
Breakdancing, nut butters, travel, strange foods, acrobatics and free running, magic and sleight of hand, entrepreneurship, trivia, new tech, …
LANGUAGES
English, Chinese, German