ABOUT

Agile Creative Retail Design Partner | Driving Brand Impact Through Strategic Design

Bart is a collaborative retail design expert who partners with brands to transform strategy into tangible, customer-centered environments. He brings a deep understanding of store design, visual merchandising, and brand storytelling to every project.

With a focus on strategic collaboration, Bart works closely with clients to align design with business goals, audience insights, and brand identity. From intuitive store layouts and immersive branded environments to smarter product displays, his work enhances customer experience and drives measurable impact.

Bart combines creativity, innovation, and execution to deliver tailored retail solutions that elevate brand presence, boost engagement, and support long-term growth. Whether launching a flagship store or refining a retail concept, he helps businesses bring their vision to life—beautifully and effectively.

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 design, art and architecture, creating and hands-on making things, collaboration, wonder, imagination, surf, skateboarding, snowboarding, wanderlust, learning and sharing creative ideas with awesome 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