Giovanni is currently a contracted apparel & graphic designer for Black Unicorn Merchandising, an apparel design company founded by Krystal Lewis. Krystal, who has over 20 years of experience in the fashion industry, has provided Giovanni with an incredible opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the industry and hone his design skills.
Throughout the experience, Giovanni has not only aided Black Unicorn in their mission of providing custom apparel design, ethical sourcing, and low order quantities, but has produced detailed spec sheets & technical sketches in Adobe Illustrator, created and utilized production Tech-Packs & specs, managed communications with supplier factories for a range of products, acquired seasonal catalog looks from said factories, attended trade shows to discover new manufacturers & suppliers, researched emerging fashion & graphic design trends, and created and led pitch presentations for clientele.
With this experience, Giovanni has also learned how to deal with common problems, limitations, and constraints that can come up when going through the design process, such as realistic time-tables, feasible price margins, MOQs, etc., and most importantly, how to overcome them.
Below is a small bit of his experience with Black Unicorn thus far.
Detailed sketches rendered in Adobe Illustrator
Tech pack & spec development, with Techpacker software, Illustrator, & Excel
Spec sheets
Tech pack examples with Excel & Techpacker software
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