With over 19 years of professional product design experience, Paul Osimo is a seasoned senior product designer specializing in consumer products for mass-market retailers. His journey in the world of design has encompassed roles at renowned companies including Hasbro, Mattel and Schylling, where he honed his craft and earned accolades, including the prestigious International Design Awards in which his design earned first place in the Sports/Toys/Games category in 2014. He has had multiple fishing lure designs showcased at ICAST, the largest trade show in the sport fishing industry.
Paul has found a niche in instructional sketching for medical journal articles, assisting teams from Mayo Clinic, King’s College London and University of Edinburgh in creating medical cartoons. He has found use for his creative problem-solving skills while captaining and crewing professionally on recreational and commercial fishing vessels, most recently consulting and working with New England Fishmongers on the development of their experimental commercial fishing platform.
Throughout his career, Paul has focused heavily on refining his skills in visual communication, and he is a practitioner of process and appropriate use of resources both in his profession and in his teaching.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
ID 20ST-05 - SPECIAL TOPIC DESIGN STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 20ST-05
SPECIAL TOPIC DESIGN STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Paul OsimoLocation(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 217Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Juniors take two 3-credit Special Topic Design Studios in the Fall semester. Juniors choose one 3-credit option from the Content category such as Packaging, Typography, Play, or UI/UX, and the other option from the "Process" category such as Casting, Soft Goods or Prototyping. Students will gain multiple competencies by utilizing techniques and methodologies through practice and process. Each studio meets once per week.
Please contact the department for permission to register; registration is not available in Workday.
Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design
ID 2451-01 - METAL I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 2451-01
METAL I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: M | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Paul OsimoLocation(s): Industrial Design Building, Room 200Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course gives the student a hands-on opportunity to develop design skills through the interaction with industrial materials that have strictly defined properties. Experimenting with these materials and the processes by which they are manipulated and formed promotes innovative thinking, problem solving and idea development. Students will achieve a more precise, professional and sensitive approach to design while broadening their technical skill base.
Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Industrial Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design
Spring 2024 Courses
ID 2451-03 - METAL I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 2451-03
METAL I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodSpring 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: F | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Paul OsimoLocation(s): Industrial Design Building, Room 200Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course gives the student a hands-on opportunity to develop design skills through the interaction with industrial materials that have strictly defined properties. Experimenting with these materials and the processes by which they are manipulated and formed promotes innovative thinking, problem solving and idea development. Students will achieve a more precise, professional and sensitive approach to design while broadening their technical skill base.
Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Industrial Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design
ID 245G-01 - ID GRADUATE SHOP ORIENTATION
LevelGraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 245G-01
ID GRADUATE SHOP ORIENTATION
LevelGraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodSpring 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: M | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Asher Rodriquez Dunn, Paul OsimoLocation(s): Industrial Design Building, Room 301-1Enrolled / Capacity: 16Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course will acclimate new graduate students to the shop environment of the Industrial Design Department. The Metal, Wood and Model Shops are invaluable resources, clarifying pragmatic aspects of the design process from general feasibility of manufacturing to the challenges of translating concepts into tangible objects. This course covers excerpted information from both undergraduate courses Wood I and Metals I and emphasizes safety in the utilization of shop facilities.
Preference is given to first-year Graduate Industrial Design Students.
