• Greg Hinzmann is an award-winning designer who has designed over 100 products over his twenty year career for companies such as Nike, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Logitech, Rollerblade, Coleman and many others.

    Working with clients on a broad range of issues from design and branding to strategy and innovation, Greg brings a unique perspective that blends design and business to help clients identify new market opportunities, solve business problems and generate profitable growth.

    Greg also conducts seminars on innovation and design trends and delivers keynote speeches on Design, Branding and Innovation.

    As a designer, Greg's work has been recognized with over a dozen national andinternational awards, including three prestigious Gold IDEA awards. Greg designed the best-selling Hewlett Packard LaserJet 1100 and his work for Coleman hasbeen featured at the Museum of Modern Art inNew York.

    Prior to forming Greg Hinzmann Design in 2001, Greg was Creative Director at Ziba in Portland, Oregon where he worked on strategic projects for clients including Hewlett Packard, Intel, Xerox, Whirlpool, Compaq and Rollerblade, among others. Greg was also Design Director at DesignEdge in Austin, Texas where he managed strategic projects for clients such as Dell, Gateway, and 3Com. 

    Greg has taught Strategic Design for the Oregon Executive MBA program and has taught marketing at the Art Institute of Portland.  He has authored articles for Innovation, MarketingProfs.com and Commerce magazine. His work has been featured in BusinessWeek, ID magazine, and several books. 

    Greg received his MBA from the University of Oregon and his BFA in Industrial Design from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.


    Awards
  • 2007 Consumer Electronics Show Innovation Award: Neosonik Home Theater System
    2001 Macworld London Best in Show: Formac Gallery 1740
    1999 Silver IDEA: Hewlett Packard Laserjet 1100
    1998 Design Award, IF: Hewlett Packard Laserjet 1100
    1997 Gold IDEA: Coleman Smoke Detectors
    Design Award, IF: Coleman Smoke Detectors
    Best Overall, Appliance Manufacturers: Coleman Smoke Detectors
    1996 ID Annual Review Selection: LCD Monitor
    Bronze IDEA: Gerry Baby Monitor
    Runner-Up, Appliance Manufacturers: Gerry Baby Monitor
    1995 Gold IDEA: LCD Monitor
    Good Design Award: LCD Monitor
    Design Award, CES: Ambra Notebook
    1991 Gold IDEA: NCR Integrated Workstation
    ID Annual Review Selection: NCR Integrated Workstation