ABOUT
Guide, Creative, Designer, Collaborator, Visionary
Bart Chin is a multidimensional strategic and hands-on design consultant who brings a deep, complex, and interdisciplinary leadership approach to the creative design process.
He founded Bart Chin Design as a spatial end-to-end design think tank to pioneer fresh ideas on elevating a clients uniqueness and seamlessly translating that secret sauce into innovative immersive spaces.
While attending Art Center College of Design he developed a passion for visual and physical design and the empowering synergy of human-centered design. This approach aims to create a holistic experience that raises the bar on functionality, aesthetics, and performance connecting better with people, products, brands, customer-centered experiences and services in future ready environments designed for adaptability.
Equipped with an open mind, pen, sketch book or laptop he loves learning together how to bring design ideas to life and creatively solve problems for a better future.
He has had the honor to inspire and collaborate with iconic brands including: Quay Eyewear, ThredUP, True & Co, Lululemon, Athleta, Spy Optic and Burton Snowboards.
- Based in San Francisco, California 2026
EDUCATION
BA in Industrial and Graphic Design from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (Attended)
BA in Art and Architectural History from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
INSPIRATION
Nature, simplicity, past, present and future of design, art, architecture, interiors, technical and lifestyle apparel, products and accessories, snowboarding, surfing, cycling, yoga, travel, sketchbook + journal, photography, learning and sharing creative ideas and skills with awesome, positive, capable people.
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
“Industrial designers are makers and thinkers who create and develop concepts that optimize the way we live.” - Art Center College of Design
“Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” - Steve Jobs
“The details are details. They make the product. The connections, the connections, the connections. It will in the end be these details that give the product its life.” - Charles Eames
“Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.” - Barbara Januszkiewicz
“Good design is innovative, useful, aesthetic, understandable, unobtrusive, honest, long-lasting, thorough, and environmentally friendly.” - Dieter Rams
"Less is more" - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“There are three responses to a piece of design , yes, no and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.” - Milton Glaser
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
- Frank Lloyd Wright
“The job of the designer is to make things understandable, usable, accessible, enjoyable…” - Paula Scher
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent van Gogh
"Lighting should not only illuminate objects, but also evoke feelings and create moods." - James Turrell
“Good ideas come from everywhere. It's more important to recognize a good idea than to author it.” - Jeanne Gang
“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