# Cole Mishler

> Industrial Designer interested in the intersection of responsible tech and physical experiences | 10+ years of building design language and executing for products in the CE, EV and medical spaces.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/colemishler

I live in San Francisco proper and breathe in the bustling atmosphere of design in the City. Tinkerer at heart, I love the process of making in order to understand and solve complex problems - as well as making things beautiful.

## Work Experience
### Staff Industrial Designer @ Also.
Jan 2025 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
Working on the future of mobility solutions.

### Industrial Designer @ Cole Mishler Design
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Staff Industrial Designer, Future Programs @ Rivian
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Palo Alto, California, United States

### Design Manager | Industrial Design Lead @ Monarch Tractor
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | California, United States

### Lead Industrial Designer @ Monarch Tractor
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Freelance Industrial Designer @ Cole Mishler Design
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Designer @ Zero Motorcycles Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Industrial Design Contractor @ Y Studios
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California

### Industrial Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016

### Industrial Designer @ Smartshape Design
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Design Intern @ Smartshape Design
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
Brainstorming, brand development, concepting, model-making, and prototyping.

### Design Intern @ Moen Incorporated
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Worked on brainstorming, concept sketching, and refinement.

### Freelance (CIA) @ Diebold
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
A sponsored project with the Cleveland Institute of Art and Diebold, a group of four other students and myself solved for fraud issues. Experience on conceptualization, bread-board models, and final presentation techniques.

### Design Intern @ The Little Tikes Company
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Hudson, Ohio
Generated concepts, bread-board prototypes, product graphics, and final models. Also, participated in creative brainstorming sessions.

### Outside Lawn & Garden Associate @ Lowe's Home Improvement
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Warsaw, Indiana
Experience in retail, maintenance, stocking and heavy machinery

### Woodworker/general labor @ Mishler Studios, Inc.
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 | South Whitley, Indiana
General labor, including cabinet construction, fine woodworking skills, maintenance, large machine operation, guitar construction, and automotive painting.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design
Cleveland Institute of Art


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cole-mishler-47985647
- Portfolio: https://www.colemishlerdesign.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13