Krystina Castella
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Krystina is known for her success in product development, teaching, consulting and writing about innovation and entrepreneurship. Her consulting practice collaborates with individuals and companies to package innovation, form strategic alliances, secure investors, license products and transform ideas into successful ventures. Krystina is a former owner and operator of a highly successful product development and licensing business, where she oversaw design, sales, manufacturing and distribution for internationally distributed product lines including furniture, toys, housewares and soft goods. Krystina’s design work spans the fields of environmental design, production design, graphic design, product design and publishing. Her research investigates new materials and manufacturing processes and the relationship between the psychology of creativity and the cultural effects of consumerism. An educator at Art Center for 18 years, she previously worked with Walt Disney Imagineering, RTKL Associates and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. She has a B.F.A. in industrial design from RISD. |
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