Steve Cozzolino, IDSA

Founder & Principal, Cozzolino Studio Steve Cozzolino, an award winning and distinguished industrial designer, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. From 1993-2000, he worked in Chicago on a wide range of projects in the consumer product, hardware, medical device, and housewares categories including Proctor & Gamble’s original Swiffer and Wet Jet Swiffer. In 2001, Steve collaborated with Eva Zeisel on a collection for Nambe. From 2002-2006, Steve was Design Director at Karim Rashid Inc. where he worked on consumer product, cosmetic packaging, housewares, electronics, tabletop, furniture, and lighting projects. In 2006, Steve launched Cozzolino Studio LLC, a full-service product design, strategy, and branding studio. Clients include All-Clad, Cuisinart, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal, Mattel, Mr. Coffee, Nambe, and PepsiCo. Steve is a design judge and presenter on the highly acclaimed CBS Design and Innovation TV series, America By Design. Cozzolino Studio has received multiple “Red Dot” Design Awards, has been featured in The New York Times, and was honored by the City of New York with an “Excellence in Design” Award. Cozzolino Studio has repeatedly won “Good Design” Awards, Housewares Design Awards, and has received numerous design patents. Steve affirms design is a collaborative process that requires an acute awareness of market opportunities combined with diligent observation of consumer needs and behavior in order to enhance and elevate our lives on an everyday basis.

Founder & Principal, Cozzolino Studio

Steve Cozzolino, an award winning and distinguished industrial designer, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. From 1993-2000, he worked in Chicago on a wide range of projects in the consumer product, hardware, medical device, and housewares categories including Proctor & Gamble’s original Swiffer and Wet Jet Swiffer.

In 2001, Steve collaborated with Eva Zeisel on a collection for Nambe. From 2002-2006, Steve was Design Director at Karim Rashid Inc. where he worked on consumer product, cosmetic packaging, housewares, electronics, tabletop, furniture, and lighting projects.

In 2006, Steve launched Cozzolino Studio LLC, a full-service product design, strategy, and branding studio. Clients include All-Clad, Cuisinart, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal, Mattel, Mr. Coffee, Nambe, and PepsiCo.

Steve is a design judge and presenter on the highly acclaimed CBS Design and Innovation TV series, America By Design. Cozzolino Studio has received multiple "Red Dot" Design Awards, has been featured in The New York Times, and was honored by the City of New York with an "Excellence in Design" Award. Cozzolino Studio has repeatedly won "Good Design" Awards, Housewares Design Awards, and has received numerous design patents.

Steve affirms design is a collaborative process that requires an acute awareness of market opportunities combined with diligent observation of consumer needs and behavior in order to enhance and elevate our lives on an everyday basis.

Activities for Steve

Speaker | Design Entrepreneurship Deep Dive | 2023

The Water’s Fine! Trust Me: A Candid Discussion on Navigating Design Entrepreneurialism

This panel discussion assembles creative professionals who started their careers graduating from Industrial Design programs and matured in design entrepreneurial pathways. The panelists are experts in successful agency operations, bringing personal projects to reality, and securing funding for big ideas. Our panelists will shed light on key situations that allowed them to submerge themselves into entrepreneurialism’s deep waters, stories of their journeys, and pointed takeaways for all of us who are contemplating going it on our own. When our talk is completed, you will have a chance to ask questions that will assist you in deciding whether to jump…or stay put.