Bob Howe - Designer
  •  17 years experience using AutoCad software including 3D modeling with AutoSolids and rendering
    with Accurender ray-tracing software.
  •  Product design including fabric patterning, plastic and aluminum component design, labeling and
    specs.
  •  Years of experience working with contract shops in China, Korea and elsewhere providing specs and
    assembly guides for products.
  •   In depth experience in Intellectual Property issues including litigation experience as an expert witness.
Howe Design Group
Bend, OR
bh@howedesigngroup.com
Skills
  •  35 years designing including both in-house and contract design for virtually all of the major companies
    in   the Outdoor/Camping Industry. Clients include The North Face, Sierra Designs, Marmot, REI,
    Trailwise,  Montbell, Early Winters, Caribou Mountaineering, Mark Pack Works, WindWing Designs, and
    SnowLion   
  •  Designs include tents, packs, luggage, sleeping bags, accessories and components.
  •  12 US Patents
  •   BackPacker Magazine “Editor’s Choice” Awards  -
2005 Award for Sierra Designs Drizone Sleeping Bags                                           
2004 Award for the Sierra Design’s Lightning Tent
2001 Gold Award for the Sierra Designs Meteorlight CD Tent
  •  Numerous media articles including The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Popular            
    Mechanics Magazine and Time Life Series-Structure.
  •   Exhibits at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn MI.
Contact Us
Links

Plastic prototyping
cfadesign.com

History of Backpacking
http://www.oregonphotos.co
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DIY Materials & Parts
http://www.questoutfitters.co
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Experience
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