# Nova Avon

> Experiential Designer - Designing feeling.

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

Designer delivering user-centered solutions, driving impact, and optimizing systems across industries

## Work Experience
### Project Manager & Designer @ 7 Tentacles Design
Jan 2022 – Present | Los Angeles, California, United States
Custom design and fabrication, production design, product design, architectural design, interior design, installation design, sculpture

### Senior Field Engineer (Operations) @ PAX Labs, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
PAX Labs is an award-winning, consumer technology brand that supports responsible, adult use. Our products represent the gold standard in product quality and we aim to move the space beyond unfortunate stereotypes of cannabis users. Most of all, we want to be good stewards for a product and movement that enhances many people’s lives. 

Headquartered in San Francisco, PAX is backed by leading technology investors including Fidelity Investments, Tiger Global and Tao Invest (Pritzker family fund). We are an exceptional team with hardware and software backgrounds in consumer technology, healthcare, and biotech, and are growing rapidly to deliver on our mission. Our internal culture values diversity, integrity, having an impact, and passion for the larger movement that PAX is a part of.

### Designer | Project Manager @ One Hat One Hand
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
One Hat One Hand is a local production company that has become one of San Francisco’s finest design and fabrication shops, providing scenic designs for Bay Area ad agencies, feature films, large and small scale events, and custom interiors.
We began as a custom fabrication shop with a lot of folks from event production backgrounds, and the discipline and attention to detail learned in production design translated incredibly well to creating high-end sets, props, and installations. We expanded to include full service metal fabrication, prototyping, carpentry and woodworking, as well as design services like 3D modelling. From exhibit designs and trade show booths to full-service interior design and custom furniture, One Hat One Hand is a truly one stop shop for all your creative production needs.

### Product Manager & Designer @ Hepcat
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
At Hepcat we are more than just a skateboard brand we are a lifestyle that has been upcycled, refined, and re-imagined. We explore and implement alternative materials, manufacturing techniques and outside of the box thinking within the world of design, while sticking to our values of Sustainability, Community & Equality, Forward Thinking, and Civil Disobedience.

Strive for Simplicity.

### Production Manager @ Woodthumb
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area
Wood Thumb's vision is to build beautifully designed products that embody sustainability, craftsmanship, and ingenuity. It is a company of ongoing experiments. The perfect blend of entrepreneurial makers and designers, with a kick of cowboy innovation creating beautifully designed products that make life better - and a little more fun.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Industrial and Product Design
Academy of Art University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/novaavon

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Last updated: 2026-03-25