Isis Shiffer, IDSA

Isis is a Brooklyn based industrial designer. She founded Spitfire Industry in 2016. After earning a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania and working as a bicycle frame builder for a few years, Isis returned to school and completed her Master’s of industrial design at Pratt Institute. While there she won the international James Dyson Award for her folding paper ecohelmet. At Spitfire, Isis and her team focus on function-forward products in the sustainability and urban-living spaces. Spitfire’s clients include All-Clad, Blix Bicycles, Circadian Optics, Hunter Douglas, Gotrax, T-fal and many more. No matter the project, Isis tries to approach every design with technical rigor and humanism. She believes that it’s a designer’s responsibility to leave the planet better than they found it, and that designers have the best job in the world.

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