Kambiz Hemati

Over fifteen years of experience leading design teams on new retail concepts, flagships, prototypes and global roll outs for Nike, Starbucks, BCBG, Hervé Leger, Max Azria, Fila Sport, Isaac Mizrahi and a series of independent brands. LEED Platinum Nike Portland nominated by Design-Retail Magazine as 2012's Best Designed & Best Green store. Redefined the Starbucks experience as Director of Global Concept with localized LEED new concepts. Winner of a 2013, 2012, two 2011 & four 2010 A.R.E. Awards, 2011 VMSD and 2011 AIA Awards. Projects featured in design magazines -VSMD, Interiors & Sources, Design-Retail- and USAToday, BusinessWeek, Seattle Magazine and the Harvard Business Review. Managed BCBG's Global Design and EMEA Design & Construction teams. Rolled-out new custom fixtures prototyped in Asia. Recipient of a "Merchandise Display System" design patent for FILA Sport: designed 50+ stores for the brand, published in multiple retail design books and magazines. Studied film production design with industry legend Lawrence Paull (Blade Runner - Back to the Future) after architecture school & won Best Production Design at the 2006 Milan Film Festival. Production designer of Good Time Max -directed by James Franco and screened at film festivals worldwide. Kambiz has spoken at Global Shop, Retail Facilities Summit, Retail Design Forum, ELLE's 2013 Trend School and Retail Spaces 2014. He is a jury member of the Architizer A+ Awards and was one of the judges of the Retail Design Institute's 43rd Store Design Competition.