Howard Nuk

Howard Nuk
Howard Nuk (left) with Co-founder Dennis Miloseski (right) and Palm Advisor and Investor Stephen Curry (center)
Howard Nuk (left) with Co-founder Dennis Miloseski (right) and Palm Advisor and Investor Stephen Curry (center)
Born
Toronto, Canada
Alma materCarleton University
Occupation(s)Industrial and product design leader, entrepreneur, inventor, speaker, and co-founder of Palm Ventures Group, Inc.

Howard Nuk is a Canadian industrial and product design leader, entrepreneur, inventor, speaker, and co-founder of Palm Ventures Group, Inc.[1] Nuk studied industrial design at Carleton University, School of Industrial Design, Faculty of Engineering, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Industrial Design (B.I.D.) with high distinction. Born in Toronto, Canada, he lived there until his family moved to Ottawa at the age of 11.

After graduation, Nuk was hired by the global design and innovation firm frog design (frog) based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nuk relocated from Canada to California in May 2000 and began his career at frog working under renowned designer Hartmut Esslinger and over the next 11 years, Nuk would become creative director and lead frog's west coast design teams.

Nuk was recruited to San Francisco-based design firm Ammunition as vice president of the Industrial Design Studio in 2010 where he worked with partners Matthew Rolandson, Nuk's former frog colleague, and Robert Brunner, former Apple Design Director who famously hired Jony Ive.[2]

Nuk joined Samsung Design America (SDA) in 2012, where he met Dennis Miloseski, a fellow design leader and future co-founder. As vice president of industrial design, Nuk designed mobile phones, wearables, audio products, and home IOT products for Samsung from 2012 to 2016.

In 2016, Nuk and Miloseski co-founded the San Francisco-based startup Palm Ventures Group Inc (PVG) where they secured global exclusive rights to the original Palm brand. Nuk and Miloseski also brought on 3-time NBA champ, 5-time All-Star, the first unanimous MVP basketball star Stephen Curry as a strategic investor and advisor to PVG.[3]

From 2016 to 2018 Nuk presided as an advisory board member at the Miami-based Industrial Arts & Method[4] (IAM) foundation with former executive at Motorola and Pininfarina, Franco Lodato, and former executive director of the MIT Media Lab, Walter Bender.

  1. ^ Tung, Liam. "Palm is back: Tiny new device aims to let you leave your big smartphone at home". ZDNet. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  2. ^ Eadicicco, Lisa. "There's An Incredible Link Between Beats Audio And Apple Design Leader Jony Ive". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  3. ^ Kawakami, Tim. "Warriors in the arena — where and how Silicon Valley..." The Athletic. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  4. ^ "Home". IAM - Industrial Arts + Method Foundation. Retrieved 2020-04-21. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)