Danny Chambers is a designer from Tiffin, Ohio.
He is the son of Tom and Linda Chambers, the youngest of four children. Danny lives in Portland with his partner Shelby Wauligman.
Danny operates Almanac with James Gall. Together they build products and brands in consideration of each other.
Experience
Almanac
Founding Partner, 2022 - Current
Design studio with James Gall building brands in consideration of product, and product in consideration of brands.
Concept, development and design of the FEIT performance brand and product language made in Montebelluna, Italy.
Brand and product direction for Day Owl encompassing expansion into wholesale and introduction of 3 new products silhouettes.
Communication design and strategy for multi-national non-profit WORK org.
Identity and design strategy in tandem with research and insights firm M-RG for Overtime Media and Noddle Companies.
Day Owl
Brand Director 2020 - 2022
Lead brand strategy, 3X YoY growth and communication of the first fully circular bag brand - online channel, bag recycling and secondhand operations.
Lead and develop team - designer, copywriter, social manager, merchandizer and interns.
Conceptualize and coordinate evergreen brand initiatives alongside four yearly seasonal campaigns.
Development of internal B2B partnerships along with external collaborators - artists, non-profits, brands, web developers, photographers and creatives.
Product and Merchandising Director 2020
Insights, design brief and launch strategy of product line growth from 2 to 10 products.
PPE Production Manager, 2020
Leadership of a team of 16 full time employees during the COVID19 pandemic. Production of 70,000 face shields within 12 weeks. Coordination of 125K face masks over 8 month period.
Nike
Training and Olympics Material Design (ETW), 2019
Performance training footwear special projects designer for AMP Energy Collection and Tokyo Olympics across five sports - fencing, lifting, boxing, field hockey, and wrestling.
Basketball Material Design (ETW), 2018
Performance basketball footwear material design across entire footwear category including work on the LeBron Soldier 13, Kyrie Low 1&2 and Kobe AD NXT360 FF.
Service & Involvement
Produce For People Portland OR, 2022-Current
Adams Community Garden coordinator responsible for harvesting, collecting and donating 200+ lbs of produce to those facing food insecurity.
Arc’teryx Portland OR, 2022-Current
Brand ambassador, race team member and local trail running guide for group meet-ups.
Creative Mentor 2017 - Current
Support individual students in their experiential exploration, learning, and development.
The OR Foundation Accra Ghana, 2020-2023
Fashion Fieldwork first hand research on clothing waste and over-consumption, Too Much Not Enough auction fundraiser and Speak Volumes production transparency campaign.
WORK Org Port-au-Prince Haiti, 2020-2022
Social accounts management including emergency response communication and design support for the 2021 Earthquake.
Pittsburgh Promise Cincinnati OH, 2021
Strategy and implementation of packing and delivering 1,600 backpacks with school supplies for Pittsburgh Public Schools sixth-graders.
Precious Plastics Einthoven Netherlands, 2019-2020
Founding member of Fixing Fashion - creative strategist and branding of the open-source textile mending platform including 2019 Dutch Design Week showcase.
Education
University of Cincinnati DAAP Cincinnati, Ohio. 2012-2017
Industrial Design, Class of 2017, Cum Laude
Hong Kong Polytechnic Kowloon, Hong Kong. Fall 2015
Visiting student, Institute of Textiles & Clothing
Pensole Portland, Oregon. Summer 2015
World Sneaker Championship, Finalist
Skillset
Visual Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Runway.ML, Airtable, Blender, Miro, Sketching, Sewing and Collage.
Communication Ability to facilitate action between qualitative and quantitative business considerations. Leadership and coordination of high functioning, diverse teams.