Bike

Dive

Creative Agencies

Fashion

Fishing

Lifestyle

Outdoor

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Swim

Triathlon

Wake

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Apparel design

Textiles

Regenerative agriculture

Social/environmental justice

Outdoor gear design

Lead Hemmer

Passionate environmental advocate and designer with diverse experiences and interests. I love working with my hands, working with people, and being outside. Skilled in design thinking, concept development, ecological design, sketching, and making. I think everyday design should promote health, justice, and sustainability.

Completing alterations and repairs of luxury athletic clothing for guests at the in-store Joinery. Leading the space and team to provide high quality guest experience and add value to product. Putting the guest first, we tailor operations to create a unique, custom service. 

Freelance design and product development for clients developing apparel and soft goods products at Sew Valley - a studio that connects local entrepreneurs and designers while providing space and resources for cut and sew operations. Specializing in accessories and projects involving technical constructions or materials.

Contract Designer/Sewer

User-centered research and design, working on projects for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and a number of corporate partners. Research methodologies focus heavily on stakeholder interaction and collaboration across disciplines. Project topics have included designing for children's end of life care, and staff process improvements in hospital wards.

Industrial Design Co-op

Working closely with the Sustainability Coordinator, Sustainability Advocates, and student groups to implement sustainable initiatives on campus. Initiatives focus on social, environmental, and economic sustainability to improve the quality of life for students and others in the Cincinnati community.

Sustainability Advocate

Worked with the design and product development teams as a soft goods 
design co-op to lead a redesign of a current family of daypacks for the Thule brand. A resource to other designers for sketching, prototyping, research, product testing, specifications, and logo development. As a full-time team member, I was an active and instrumental participant in the product development process.

Soft Goods Design Co-op

Designed and prototyped products for multiple clients and for internal products based around Factor 10’s patented Omni-Directional Induction technology. Produced concept sketches, sewed soft good prototypes, soldered and installed electrical components, worked with Stratasys uPrint SE Plus 3D printer, and compiled presentations for Hasbro, Spinmaster and other clients.

Designed a handful of high end furniture and decor pieces for multiple luxury brands. 
Lead the product development team on consulting with material scientists and specialists at    Material ConneXion to develop innovative materials to be used in the development of new products. Responsibilities for this included doing personal and collaborative research, making calls to manufacturers about ordering samples, and coordinating meetings with executive and product development members to discuss implementation.

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Max Holden: Lead Hemmer in Seattle, WA

Max Holden

lululemon athletica

Sew Valley

Livewell Collaborative

University of Cincinnati

Thule Organization Solutions

Factor 10

Frontgate

Chiba University

University of Cincinnati