CURRICULUM VITAE
CONTACT
E: jazbonnin@gmail.com
C: 310.806.0233
www.jazbonnin.com
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
2024 | Helios Floral | Freelance Floral Designer | Salem, Massachusetts
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 | 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
2011 | President’s List | Orange Coast College
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.