Chris Quezadachevron_right
Reel
Multi-Disciplinary Designer & Storyteller
I have worked for esteemed global corporations such as HP, Microsoft, Ecolab, Ford, Chrysler, Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Fiat, Toyota, and Lexus. I have also lent his expertise to regional companies, including Children's Hospital of Michigan, Shinola, and DTE Energy. Throughout my career, I have had several years of experience as a lead designer, department director, and creative director, working in-house for brands, at agencies servicing brands, and as a contract freelancer collaborating with brands and agencies.
Immersive Spaceschevron_right
Immersive Spaces
Prototyping / Makey Makey / Code / Scratch / Figma / Adobe After Effects
A behind-the-scenes look at the process work of students enrolled in the Fall 2022 course Immersive Spaces.
HP Pattern Maker / Project Runwaychevron_right
HP Pattern Maker / Project Runway
Developer / Designer Trainer
A solution for HP’s product placement on Project Runway, where designers can create a pattern printed on fabric.
New World Diamondschevron_right
New World Diamonds
Brand Designer
Brand identity system for a lab that grows diamonds made for those who know what they love.
Packaging That Makes Jobschevron_right
Packaging That Makes Jobs
Writer / Director / Editor
A story about how seventy new jobs have been created at WDI Companies to keep up with the increasing demand for Shinola products.
Rainbow Babychevron_right
Rainbow Baby
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Part 1 of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan 2020 WDIV Public Programming Thanksgiving Special Broadcast tells the story of a child’s heart saved by innovative technology and procedures.
Mind Championchevron_right
Mind Champion
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Part 2 of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan 2020 WDIV Public Programming Thanksgiving Special Broadcast highlights a teenager confronting a diagnosis discovered by careful examination from the hospital.
Life Togetherchevron_right
Life Together
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Part 3 of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan 2020 WDIV Public Programming Thanksgiving Special Broadcast focuses on how the hospital helped provide the ultimate gift to a newborn in need.
Toyota Furiachevron_right
Toyota Furia
Motion Designer / Editor
With an internal goal for Toyota to be more transparent to the outside world and demonstrate its willingness to be bold, an array of transparent LCD screens reveals a daring concept of the brand's future.
Toyota Elevatedchevron_right
Toyota Elevated
Motion Designer / Sound Designer / Editor
For the all-new “Elevated” Toyota Camry, daily pedestrian experiences are heightened with a mixed-reality multi-sensory performance.
Scion Dealer Meetingchevron_right
Scion Dealer Meeting
UI/UX Designer / Motion Designer / Sound Designer
With a new sales model and marketing campaign to convey how purchasing a Scion is as easy as scanning a barcode, dealers were invited to Las Vegas, Nevada, to learn about the new initiative by selecting a chocolate bar and scanning the barcode to become eligible for prizes announced on a rotating LED cube.
Chrysler 200 Inside Outchevron_right
Chrysler 200 Inside Out
Writer / Director / Editor
To celebrate the opening of a new assembly plant for a new car, hundreds of journalists witness the new building from the perspective of a Chrysler car being built within a massive, curving LED surface.
Henry Ford Pocket Watchchevron_right
Henry Ford Pocket Watch
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
To celebrate the new Shinola Henry Ford Pocket Watch, a product from an old era of Detroit is shown with a product from a new era of Detroit to show how the city that made this country isn’t done making things.
Shinola Detroit Arrowchevron_right
Shinola Detroit Arrow
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
A story about a legendary bike designer and her new bike, the fixed-gear Shinola Detroit Arrow, done with in-house equipment on a shoe-string cross-country budget.
Shinola 2016 Year in Reviewchevron_right
Shinola Year in Review 2016
Editor
What started as an internal rally video made within 48 hours for a corporate holiday party became a brand message the owner sent to the President of the United States.
Shinola 2017 Year in Reviewchevron_right
Shinola Year in Review 2017
Writer / Editor
A review of the brand’s business and charity work over a year revealed an entirely new building and vision for the company.
DTE Energy Efficiency Programchevron_right
DTE Energy Efficiency Program for Business
Writer / Producer / Editor
Ongoing digital series for regional utility corporation.
SRT Drivenchevron_right
SRT Driven
Editor
What started as a creative edit for an industry event became so beloved by SRT that the performance brand of Fiat Chrysler Automotive released the story as a national broadcast spot.
Toyota TRD Prochevron_right
Toyota TRD Pro
Writer / Editor
Marketing video announcing a new line of pro trim level vehicles.
Shinola E-Commerce Wireframeschevron_right
Shinola E-Commerce Wireframes
UI/UX Designer / Motion Designer
To show the vision for the next phase of the Shinola e-commerce experience, high-fidelity compositions of the user interface designed in Sketch are animated with Adobe After Effects.
Shinola Mobilechevron_right
Shinola Mobile
UI/UX Designer
In 2017, the focus of Shinola’s e-commerce was mobile luxury, demonstrated by high-fidelity wireframes designed in Sketch.
TerraBreeze Home Solutionschevron_right
TerraBreeze Home Solutions
Brand Designer
The client requested help updating their already existing and AI-generated logo. The final result is the impression of a custom home next to a tree and underneath clouds in the form of the vanity URL TBHS.co.
Lobochevron_right
Lobo
Brand Designer
Lobo was the business owner’s family boat used to get to the far beaches, go on fishing trips, do water sports, take simple evening rides on the river, and smuggle cannabis.
Gravitas Detroitchevron_right
Gravitas Detroit
Brand Designer
An identity system for a leadership coaching brand that empowers corporations and employees with gravitas.
Supernatural Lingeriechevron_right
Supernatural Lingerie
Brand Designer
A brand identity for a feminist luxury lingerie brand where customers buy lingerie to make themselves feel better instead of impressing someone else.
Toyota CSRCchevron_right
Toyota CSRC
Brand Designer
For the Toyota division Collaborative Safety Research Center, where the mark speaks to the goal of a more open-source automotive industry.