about me
sam is a houseware designer in minneapolis minnesota. he designs for companies like target, crate & barrel, williams sonoma, and more.
Farmland heritage
my entire childhood was focused on the nature and community I was raised around. I mention this aspect of my life because it layed the groundwork of every design I create today. honesty, simplicity, and remembering that all things created should have purpose for a lifetime.
effort pays off
4 years of the hardest work of my life payed off in more ways than I can explain, from designing with ohio state engineers, to working with the biggest corporations in the world. getting my degree in industrial design was the greatest adventure of my life so far. working part time in the wood shop while maintaining internships and corporate projects made conquering real world design a breeze.
first step into housewares
within 7 days of graduating, I was hired as an assistant designer at madesmart housewares in st. paul minnesota. at that moment I knew housewares is where I belonged, my world opened. working here formed my abilities and knowledge of the industry, designing products for target, bed bath & beyond and more. greater than the design was working with a team of the most wonderful women I have ever met. to this day they are my closest friends.
passion made career
I met the two owners of epicurean at a trade show when I was just a student, it was not until a year later that I received a phone call from the owner and the rest is history. currently I design all new product from initial sketch and idea, to finished concepts to present to major retailers. I work directly with sales on both designing product, and being involved in major meetings, representing every choice made.
on a daily basis I manage the entire production team in regards to the design, creation, production and assembly of new product. this can mean designing assembly fixtures, to helping design new CNC tools for faster production time.
I consider myself extremely lucky to have a opportunities every day to own my craft and excel doing design