Joe Gonzalez

Sr. Industrial Designer
Joe Gonzalez

Joe is an accomplished Industrial Designer and Design Educator with a decade of consulting experience at Tomorrow Lab, Frog Design, and Ideate. He specializes in transforming innovative ideas into impactful products, using a prototyping-focused approach for rapid learning and iteration. Joe has led design development across all hardware stages and has completed a UX certificate from UW.

Beyond work, Joe advances diversity, equity, and inclusion in design education. Outside of his professional life, he enjoys technology discussions, hiking with his lab mix Yoshi, and cycling on his e-bike.

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Joe is an accomplished Industrial Designer and Design Educator with a decade of consulting experience at Tomorrow Lab, Frog Design, and Ideate. He specializes in transforming innovative ideas into impactful products, using a prototyping-focused approach for rapid learning and iteration. Joe has led design development across all hardware stages and has completed a UX certificate from UW.

Beyond work, Joe advances diversity, equity, and inclusion in design education. Outside of his professional life, he enjoys technology discussions, hiking with his lab mix Yoshi, and cycling on his e-bike.

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My Insights

Hardware, Industrial Design, Product Development, Product Strategy

Right to Repair: Compliance to Advantage

Design for repair is no longer optional, it’s a mandate. We must build products that are meant to be opened, understood, and saved.
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Generative AI, Industrial Design, Product Development, Product Strategy

AI in Industrial Design: Instigating Physical Slop or Revolutionizing?

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Right to Repair: Compliance to Advantage