Will Prindle Design: Resume

WILLIAM PRINDLE

William Prindle is the principal of William Prindle Design in Santa Barbara, California. Will's approach to contemporary design addresses the aesthetic and functional aspects of everyday objects. His firm assists domestic and international clients in developing new products from concept through manufacture. More than 1,000 of Prindle's designs have been put into production. His client list includes firms in Belgium, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Taiwan, as well as in the United States.

Will studied sculpture and glassmaking at Providence's Rhode Island School of Design. College mentors included architect Kent Keegan and glass artists Fritz Dreisbach and Dale Chihuly. After earning a bachelor's degree in fine arts, sculpture, he worked in Italy with Dino Gavina and Carlo Scarpa at Gavina/Simon International in Bologna, and at Venini Glass in Murano designing furniture, lighting systems, and handmade tabletop products.

Prindle received a master's degree in industrial design from Rhode Island School of Design and worked as Designer, Design Manager and VP of Design and Development at divisions of Corning, Inc. and Forms+Surfaces while establishing his own firm to focus on housewares, furniture, tabletop and office products.

Will has published numerous articles on design trends and glassmaking techniques, and delivered lectures and workshops on glassmaking and product design for organizations and institutions including the Tableware International Symposium, the Rhode Island School of Design, the American Ceramics Society, the American Housewares Manufacturing Association, and the University of California Santa Barbara.

Prindle's designs have been displayed in exhibitions and featured in books and publications such as Design in Plastics and Product Design 2, Architectural Record, Décor, ID, Interior Design, Metropolis and The New York Times.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Established William Prindle Design, Santa Barbara, California

VP of Design & Development, Forms+Surfaces, Carpinteria, California

Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Design Manager, Crown Corning, Los Angeles, California

Senior Designer, Consumer Products Division, Corning Inc., Corning, New York

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution,
New York, New York

Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia

Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich, Germany

Microfiche Collection
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Wexner Center For The Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

American Crafts Museum, New York, New York

Grand Gallery, National Arts Club, New York, New York

Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia

Messe Frankfurt, National Housewares Manufacturing Association, Frankfurt, Germany

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Galleria Bevilacqua Della Massa, Venice, Italy

Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy

Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

International Housewares Show, National Housewares Manufacturing Association,
Chicago, Illinois

Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California

Bayard Ewing Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Yaw Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Botolph Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

Woods-Gerry Mansion, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Market House Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island