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John Cantrell
+14046303599

Interior designer turned strategist, brand and creative director, this sampling of work ranges large-to-small with project contributions from several internal and external teams. These projects span 18 years of brand strategy, product design, events-and-exhibitions, interiors and architecture.

Further works, awards and words can be found published in Fast Company, Dezeen, Interior Design, Metropolis and Contract Magazines.

2019-2024
Strategy Lead, Gensler
Studio Co-Director, Workplace, Gensler
︎︎︎Confidential Work

2016-2019
Brand & Marketing Co-Director, Shaw Contract
︎︎︎Inside Shapes Collection
︎︎︎Shaw Contract ReBrand
︎︎︎Visualization Strategy
︎︎︎NeoCon 2019

2013-2016
Project Director | Designer, Gensler
︎︎︎Shaw Create Centre
︎︎︎Fitzco | Momentum | Weber Shandwick

2013-2016
Independent Design & Art Direction
︎︎︎HelloSociety - Pinterest Campaigns
︎︎︎Design is Material Exhibition

2005-2013
Interior Designer, HOK
︎︎︎Porsche N. America HQ
︎︎︎Victor2 for Steelcase

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Inside Shapes Collection

2016-2018
Role: Brand Co-Director & Product Strategist
For: Shaw Contract with Form Us with Love
Digital Tools: Cvlt NYC
Art Direction: In-House Team
Photoraphy: Klunderbie & Jonas Lindström

A nearly 2-year collaboration with Swedish design studio, Form Us With Love briefed to re-imagine the floor. The outcome launched in 2018 was a new ’system’ that allowed users to create their own configurations. Inside Shapes pushes boundaries in aesthetic, manufacturing, logistics and digital communication and tools for specification and visualization.

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