John L. Gard, L/IDSA | Prova Design Group
Education:
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Industrial Design: The Akron Art Institute School of Design – Akron, Ohio
- (Officially, the last graduate of the AAI School of Design (Accredited / IDSA Endorsed) 1965
- Two-year internship with F. Eugene Smith Associates, Bath, Ohio
Job Experience:
- Mel Boldt and Associates, Inc – Chicago, Illinois
- F. Eugene Smith Associates – Bath, Ohio (Coerced to return + Inducted into IDSA -1969)
- GVO, Inc – Palo Alto, California (Helped vitalize the San Francisco IDSA (Five state Chapter)
- INOVA, Inc – Los Altos, California (Co-Founder / Vice President)
- Circle: – Mountain View, California (Co-founder + elected IDSA Chair of San Francisco Chapter)
- Steinhilber, Deutsch and Gard, Inc – San Francisco / Mountain View, California
- Prova Design Group, Mountain View, California (Founder, 1985 to present)
