Stanford University

Distinguished Alumni

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith is an award-winning design professional recognized with 2 Bronze and 2 Iron A' Design Awards. Primarily focused on industrial design. Maintains a balanced portfolio.

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Academic Achievements

Cameron Smith's contributions have significantly enhanced Stanford University's standing in the World University Rankings. Their achievements span across multiple domains of excellence, demonstrating the university's commitment to fostering outstanding talent.

Award Recognition

Bronze Awards 2
Iron Awards 2

University Impact

Current Ranking Score 1,817
Heritage Score 10
Career Level Level 4
Total Awards 4
Primary Focus Industrial
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Areas of Excellence

Cameron Smith is primarily focused on industrial design. Maintains a balanced portfolio.

Professional Background

Cameron Smith has a passion for design and approaches everything he does as a design challenge. With design training from Stanford University’s renowned design program, he’s built a successful design career founding and running a product development consulting firm. With 30 years of design experience, he has been honored with international awards for furniture, lighting and product designs. His background in mechanical engineering and industrial design helped shape his design philosophy which centers around exploring design and the interaction between people and the products they use in both technical and emotional ways.

He approaches his business career in much the same way he does design and is always looking for new and innovative ways to challenge himself to build something new. As an entrepreneur he built and started a Polo club that produces a local, annual lifestyle magazine and hosts a summer polo party sponsored by Rolls-Roycethat has grown to over 1,000 guests. Cameron has also ventured into real estate with a desire to renovate historic buildings and bring them back to vibrant parts of the community. Although his business ventures are varied, Cameron maintains his core love of design through all his ventures..


Cameron has a long history and love for furniture design. Through design school he gravitated toward furniture and more environmental designs over electronics. His master’s thesis at Stanford University centered around cordless environments and manifested itself in a unique sculptural desk which he continues to use to this day. By starting Furniture Smith, Cameron created an avenue to re-engage in the design process and create truly novel designs that spawn from inspiration and raise the standards and consumer expectations for everyday products. His drive to explore form and function by merging art and engineering to create unique pieces is rare in a business environment measured by economic success. With his keen eye for detail, he emulates the human body as an innovative machine and as an art form. Each piece is beautifully crafted and thought out with parts that are as functional as they are elegant.

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Achievement Summary

With 4 international design awards, Cameron Smith work has contributed 1,817 ranking points to Stanford University's academic excellence. Their primary focus is industrial design.

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Design Expertise

Primarily focused on industrial design. Maintains a balanced portfolio.

Focus Areas

Primary Focus 4 projects

Industrial

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Portfolio Highlights

Award-winning designs by Cameron Smith, showcasing excellence and innovation in industrial

Crisscross
People are living in smaller, more flexible spaces. Most folding chairs are designed to be lightweight and portable for temporary use and give up quality, comfort and appeal. The Crisscross chair provides flexible seating without sacrificing quality. Designed as an everyday use chair, the Crisscross chair folds so it can be stored or easily relocated to another room. A geared mechanism concealed within the back leg creates a synchronized motion with the seat and legs. When folded, the entire chair nests within the front legs making it easy to relocate to another room or store for another time.

Crisscross

Bronze
Client: Cameron Smith
Category: Furniture
Year: 2023
Arms
The Arms Lounger was inspired by watching people relaxing on the beach. The angled back legs relate to a human form reminiscent of a person sitting on the ground leaning back with their weight on their arms. The mood at the beach is energetic yet relaxed and social and the form of the Arms Lounger reflects those characteristics. The bent legs and upright back creates a chair that fits in smaller spaces while the upright position promotes interaction with others. The use of powder coated aluminum sheet metal and teak provide ample protection to the elements in an outdoor environment.

Arms

Bronze
Client: Furniture Smith
Category: Outdoor Furniture
Year: 2022
Decker
Inspired by the need for quality stowable furniture on yachts, the Decker Folding Yacht Chair is designed for maximum comfort while folding to only four inches thick. Using materials associated with boating such as stainless steel, brass and teak creates a seaworthy chair that quickly folds from a lounge chair to an easily storable compact form factor.

Decker

Iron
Client: Furniture Smith
Category: Furniture
Year: 2022
Good Day
The Good Day lounge chair was inspired by two artists with contrasting styles recording a song in the studio. Music can be experiential and a low-lying lounge chair has the perfect geometry to be immersed in music. The Good Day lounge chair contrasts a thin floating seat suspended under heavier structural legs. The faceted form allows for a thin visual treatment of the seat and creates sharp movement within the two simple structures. The thin edge detail of the seat creates a lounge chair that appears light and floating yet grounded by the thicker leg structure.

Good Day

Iron
Client: Furniture Smith
Category: Furniture
Year: 2022

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