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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-Present
Strategy Director, 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 two-year collaboration with Swedish design studio Form Us With Love, briefed to reimagine 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 tools for specification and visualization.

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