I'm Hamish, a leader with over 20 years experience as an industrial designer.
Most recently a VP & NY studio head at renowned design firm Ammunition.
Originally from Wales, I moved to the US in 2006.
I am Co-founder of the award-winning craft brewery Freetime Beer Co.
I specialize in building teams, programs & businesses.
Adding millions of dollars in revenue to design studios for the last 15 years.
After 20 years of introducing new products to global markets, I am fluent in design for manufacture & production.
10 yrs ago I realized the potential wealth of opportunity for sustainability in buildings vs consumer products.
Since then I have been studying high performance construction techniques.
Building science fascinates me.
Balancing the embodied carbon of high performance structures vs the efficiency they provide is the key to our future.
The movement of re-visting classical materials & processes excites me most.
I am currently working on design build projects in the Hudson Valley under my new design practice eik studio.
My focus is in modularity & thoughtful sustainability that meets customers where they are.
I grew up in a small village in the West Wales, it was a rural upbringing with a lot of time spent outdoors.
You would find me jumping off cliffs, fishing, sailing, surfing and exploring the coastline with my brothers.
I love figuring out how things work, tinkering & fixing things.
From restoring bicycles & maintaining my car to renovating my old house.
I found powerlifting in 2014 after a friend talked me into entering a meet.
Lifting has become integral to my life, a source of positivity, balance & peace.
I spent the last two decades helping companies navigate the constraints of consumer product design.
Through this work, sustainability has become my passion.
In an effort to create something actionable at the intersection of my interests, sustainability & design I founded eik studio.
The passion project of my studio is a range of Net-Zero buildings that will form the basis of a wellness center located near the Catskills, NY called Laurel .
