ABOUT

Retail Design Innovator

Bart is a collaborative retail design leader who helps brands transform strategic vision into immersive, customer-centered environments. With extensive expertise in adaptive store design, visual merchandising, branded environments, and experiential retail, he combines creative innovation with strategic execution to deliver high-impact results.

Rooted in an industrial design perspective, Bart’s approach emphasizes a holistic process—designing physical spaces that not only showcase products, but also communicate a brand’s identity, values, and vision. His work goes beyond aesthetics to create emotional connections, encouraging engagement and loyalty through purposeful, cohesive design.

He partners closely with clients to align design solutions with business objectives, customer insights, and evolving retail trends. From intuitive floor plans and smarter product displays to immersive storytelling moments, every project is crafted to enhance the customer journey and strengthen a brands long-term viability and growth.

Whether launching a flagship store, evolving a retail concept, or reimagining branded spaces, Bart brings a balance of creative curiosity, technical skill, and deep respect for the design process. He thrives in collaboration—working with teams passionate about shaping the future of physical space.

His forward-thinking work continues to thrive in major U.S. cities and abroad. Past collaboration with iconic brands include: Quay Eyewear, Lululemon, Athleta, Old Navy, Spy Optic, and Burton Snowboards.

  -  Based in San Francisco, California 2025

EDUCATION:

BA in Industrial and Graphic Design from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (Attended 3 years)

BA in Art and Architectural History from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

INSPIRATION:

Nature, simplicity, past, current and future of design, art and architecture, making things hands-on, collaboration, open-mindedness, imagination, sketchbook, snowboarding, surfing, yoga, travel, learning and sharing creative ideas with awesome kick-ass people.

GOOD DESIGN QUOTES:

“Industrial Design is a strategic problem-solving process that drive innovation, builds business success, and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, systems, services, and experiences.” - World Design Organization

“Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” - Steve Jobs

“Good design is innovative, useful, aesthetic, understandable, unobtrusive, honest, long-lasting, thorough, and environmentally friendly.” - Dieter Rams

“There are three responses to a piece of design — yes, no and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.” -  Milton Glaser

“Joy is the engine of growth. Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments, iterations, attempts, trials, and errors. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day.” - Bruce Mau