CURRICULUM VITAE

 

CONTACT

E: jazbonnin@gmail.com

C: 310.806.0233

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summary

Designer & adjunct professor residing in Massachusetts. Seeking to resolve issues relating to the conservation, preservation, and adaptation of historic and heritage places. Passionate about storytelling through various visual and spatial means, such as in and brand identity, schematic design, and design development stages of a given project. Loves to synthesize client tastes and wish lists and seeing projects completed from start to finish. Passionate, Driven, Friendly and Warm personality.

Education

2020 | Harvard Graduate School of Design | MDes, Critical Conservation | Cambridge, Massachusetts

2016 | Rhode Island School Of Design | BFA, Interior Architecture & Adaptive Reuse | Providence, Rhode Island

*Concentration in Nature, Culture, Sustainability

Design Experience

2017-19, 2021-2024 | Wolf in Sheep Design | Interior Designer | Boston, Massachusetts

2016 | Back Bay Florist | Floral Designer | Boston, Massachusetts

2013 | H2 Xero Landscape | Landscape Designer | Westminster, California

2013 | Design By Nature | Landscape Design Intern | San Pedro, California

2009-12 | Vängarden | Principal, Landscape & Interior Designer | Long Beach, California

2009-12 | Footpetals | Assistant Art Director | Long Beach, California

2009 | Ripcurl | Assistant Art Director | Costa Mesa, California

 

academic experience

Fall 2024 *expected* | Instructor | “Theory & Criticism” | The School of Visual and Performing Arts at Endicott College.

Spring 2024 | Visiting Critic | Interior Architecture Department | RISD

Fall 2023 | Instructor | “Theory & Criticism” | The School of Visual and Performing Arts at Endicott College.

Winter 2021 | J-term Instructor |“Internal Landscapes: Atriums, Courtyards and Interior Gardens” | Harvard GSD

Fall 2020 | Portfolio Review Critic | RISD

Spring 2020 | Visiting Critic | Interior Architecture Department | RISD

Spring 2019 | Visiting Critic | Interior Architecture Department | RISD



Leadership | Community

2019-20 | Class Representative | MDes Critical Conservation Program | Harvard GSD

2020 | Co-Founder | Harvard Indigenous Design Collective | Harvard GSD

2019-20 | Member | Harvard University Native American Program | Harvard GSD

2015-16 | Department Representative | RISD Student Alliance | RISD

2015-16 | Class representative | Interior Architecture Department | RISD

 

Exhibitions | Installations

(In Progress) “Crime Scene Melodramas in Architectural Scale” | Boston, Massachusetts

2022 | Radio Factory Lofts | Commissioned photography installation | Melrose, Massachusetts

2019 | The Marc Residencies | Commissioned photography installation | Boston, Massachusetts

2018 | The Holmes Residencies | Commissioned photography installation | Beverly, Massachusetts

2017 | Flour Bakery, Dalton | Photography installation | Boston, Massachusetts

2015 | Small Point Cafe | Photography exhibit | Providence, Rhode Island

2015 | Three Sisters Cafe | Photography exhibit | Providence, Rhode Island

2013 | "More and more, Less is More" | Group art exhibit on Sustainability | Providence, Rhode Island

2009-11 | Long Beach Funk Festival | Stage Set Designer & Backdrop Artist | Long Beach, California

2009 Group Art Show | Venice, California



Honors | Awards | Mentions | PRESS

2023 | How Wolf in Sheep Design Brought Cambridge Restaurant Moëca to Life | Boston Magazine

2020 | A Collective for the Culture | Landscape Architecture Magazine

2020 | Architects of Their Future | The Harvard Gazette

2020 | GSD Students launch Harvard Indigenous Design Collective | Archinect

2016 | Architecture + Design Award for Interior Design | Danish Institute for Study Abroad

2015-16 | Honors Student | Rhode Island School of Design

2011 | Featured Photographer,The Climb | Scribendi Literature & Arts Magazine

2011 | Western Regional Honors Conference Attendee | Park City, Utah

2009-11 | Honors Student | Orange Coast College



Skills | Languages | software

Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Bridge), AutoCAD, Sketchup, MS Office (Word, PPT, Excel), Design Manager, WordPress

English (fluent), Spanish (conversational)

Photoshoot styling, Architectural Drafting, Spatial Planning, Schematic Design, Plant identification, Landscape and irrigation installation, Historical Research, Presentation Preparation, Package Design, Marketing, Free-Hand Sketching, Painting, Model Making, Home and/or unit Staging, Photography.