Jacob Husak — Industrial Designer

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Jacob Husak

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First-to-market anti-theft hydration sling. Launched in 12 months, sold 1,200 units in 60 days.

Hydration Sling

Lunchbox Hydropacks — Product Dev

Yakisugi-inspired wall vanity. Hand-carved ash, brass hardware. ISFD national finalist.

Ashen Vanity

Independent — Furniture / Award

Welded steel and velvet social seating. Inspired by the symbol of Odin's eye. Exhibited publicly.

Noba Social Lounge

App State / HBF Textiles — Furniture

Bird-bone voronoi lattice SLS shinguard. Lighter and more breathable than carbon fiber alternatives.

Mali Pro 3D Shinguard

Independent — 3D Print / Sports

What I Work On

Industrial Design
I design with the end user and the factory floor in mind simultaneously. Aesthetics are inseparable from material constraints — a product earns its form by doing its job better. Soft goods, hard goods, furniture, and exhibition.
- Sketching & Ideation
- CAD Modeling
- Prototyping & Testing
- CMF Development
- Production-Ready Spec
- Supplier Handoff
Product Development
Full lifecycle from first sketch to shelf. I co-manage supplier sourcing, DFM reviews, cost engineering, and sample iterations.
- BOM Management
- Factory Liaison
- Cost Engineering
- DFM Review
- Timeline & Launch Planning
3D Design
3D is where ideas stop being theoretical. I use it for engineering validation, client presentations, and renders that replace physical samples early. From orthopedic implants to 500+ AR/VR environments to custom sport lattices.
- SolidWorks
- Rhino
- Keyshot
- Blender
- Materialize 3matic
- Render to Prototype
Fabrication
Building what you design changes how you design it. Understanding how materials resist — where a seam wants to live, how a weld distributes stress — feeds back into every desk decision.
- MIG / TIG Welding
- Industrial Sewing
- CNC Machining
- FDM & SLS 3D Printing
- Carpentry
- Plastics Molding

Product

Carry goods, sports equipment & consumer electronics

3 Projects

Furniture

Furniture design & architectural lighting

3 Projects

Exhibition

Spatial design & trade show fabrication

1 Project

Other

Independent concepts, medical devices & electronics

3 Projects

Jacob Husak helps companies bring physical products to market — from first sketch through factory floor. He has cut per-unit costs by 15% for a growing carry brand, designed 700+ patient-specific implants for surgeons, and built trade show booths that earn floor space at Outdoor Retailer. His work spans consumer carry goods, medical devices, furniture, sports equipment, and exhibition — industries that demand both aesthetic conviction and manufacturing discipline.

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700+ implants designed · 500+ AR/VR environments · 5+ years across disciplines

Experience

Product Development
Manager

Lunchbox Hydropacks · May 2025 – Now

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Launched 4 products in 12 months alongside the CEO — including the brand's first anti-theft hydro sling. Drove supplier negotiation, DFM review, and end-to-end product development.

Patient Specific
Designer

Restor3d · 2022 – 2023

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Designed 700+ patient-specific orthopedic implants using SolidWorks and Materialize 3matic. Worked directly with surgical teams on fit, geometry, and manufacturing tolerances.

3D Designer

Visiting Media · 2021 – 2022

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Created 500+ photorealistic AR/VR product environments for hospitality clients. Full pipeline from raw assets through real-time rendering and client delivery.

Exhibition
Designer

Mountain BizWorks / NC OPPS · 2021

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Designed and fabricated a trade show booth exhibited at Outdoor Retailer. Handled spatial layout, material selection, structural fabrication, and on-site installation.

What's
On Your
Mind?

Available for new projects

Freelance product development, industrial design, and 3D work. Based in Raleigh, NC — happy to work remote or on-site.

Hi, I'm and I'm trying to design .

It needs to feel like and I need help with .

My budget is and I'd like it done .

You can reach me at

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EmailJakehusak@gmail.com

LinkedInin/jacobhusak

Instagram@JacobHusakDesign

Phone901.619.7331

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← Projects

Product Development · Carry Goods

Hydration
Sling

Lunchbox Hydropacks Commercial Launch

Service

Product Development
Carry Goods

Client

Lunchbox Hydropacks

Info

A product that earns its existence

Most hydration packs solve one problem. This one solves two — and the second one nobody was solving. Anti-theft zipper routing, hidden pockets, and a harness geometry that distributes weight differently from anything else on the market.

Designed alongside the CEO from the first sketch through factory handoff. Every panel seam, every zipper location had to work against an adversarial user while staying invisible to the actual owner. DFM reviews, sample iterations, supplier negotiation — full lifecycle in twelve months.

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← Projects

Industrial Design · Furniture

Ashen
Vanity

Independent ISFD National Finalist

Service

Industrial Design
Furniture

Client

Independent

Info

Fire as a finishing tool

Yakisugi is an ancient Japanese technique — char the wood surface, then brush away the ash to reveal what fire preserved. The grain opens up. The material becomes something it wasn't before.

Every chisel mark on the ash is intentional and visible. The brass hardware was selected for its eventual patina — the piece is designed to age, not resist it. Hand-carved over several sessions in the studio, then exhibited as part of the ISFD national competition as a finalist.

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Industrial Design · Furniture · Fabrication

Noba Social
Lounge

App State / HBF Textiles Exhibited

Service

Industrial Design
Fabrication

Client

App State / HBF Textiles

Info

Seating as mythology

Noba is named for the Norse symbol of Odin's eye — a single point from which all sight radiates. The lounge form is an ellipse in elevation, a gesture toward that single contained view.

The steel structure is fully MIG-welded and exposed by design. In collaboration with HBF Textiles, who supplied the velvet upholstery. The contrast between cold structural steel and warm tactile velvet was the conversation the piece was meant to have. Built entirely by hand in the university fabrication lab, then exhibited publicly.

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Industrial Design · 3D Design · Sports Equipment

Mali Pro
Shinguard

Independent SLS Print

Service

Industrial Design
3D Design · Sports

Client

Independent

Info

Protection from nothing

The brief: a shinguard that disappears while protecting. Carbon fiber is stiff and unforgiving — it protects by being rigid. This goes the other way.

A voronoi lattice based on bird-bone trabecular microstructure: maximum surface area, minimum material, continuous airflow. Produced via SLS nylon — a process that allows internal geometries impossible with any other method. Dense where impact happens, open everywhere else. Lighter than carbon fiber. More breathable than anything on the market.

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Product Development · Carry Goods

Hydro Pack
Series

Lunchbox Hydropacks 4 SKUs

Service

Product Development
Carry Goods

Client

Lunchbox Hydropacks

Info

Four products.
One year.

Four SKUs. Twelve months. Every decision a negotiation between what the product needed and what the budget could hold.

BOM management, supplier sourcing, factory liaison, DFM review — full lifecycle alongside the CEO. Per-unit cost down 15% by the third sample round. Four distinct configurations, each launched to shelf. Not concepts. Products that sold.

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Exhibition Design · Fabrication · Spatial Design

NC OPPS
Booth

Mountain BizWorks Outdoor Retailer

Service

Exhibition Design
Fabrication · Spatial

Client

Mountain BizWorks

Info

Designed it. Welded it.
Showed it.

Exhibition design is spatial design under a deadline. You design the structure, then you become the contractor — and the gap between drawing something and building it is where you find out what you actually know.

Spatial layout, material selection, structural fabrication, and on-site installation at Outdoor Retailer — the largest outdoor industry trade show in North America. Built for Mountain BizWorks' NC OPPS program. Earned floor space against brands with six-figure booth budgets. Built on craft and resourcefulness.

NC OPPS booth at Outdoor Retailer with MADE x MTNS WNC banners

Plywood booth panels mid-fabrication with NC state outline

← Furniture

Product Design · Lighting

Concrete
& Steel
Lamp

IndependentBuilt

Service

Product Design
Lighting

Client

Independent

Info

Light as material

A table lamp exploring contrast between industrial and organic materials — a poured concrete base grounds the piece while a formed steel shade focuses the light. The exposed red wire running up the structure is not an afterthought. It's the detail that makes the piece honest about what it is.

Built by hand. No CNC, no casting molds — just concrete, steel, and intention.

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Product Development · Carry Goods

Extra
Storage
Skin

Lunchbox HydropacksCommercial

Service

Product Development
Carry Goods

Client

Lunchbox Hydropacks

Info

More space,
same pack

An external storage skin designed to attach to the Hydro Sling without disrupting its silhouette. Magnetic attachment points, weatherproof shell materials — designed to work as a system with the original bag rather than as an afterthought.

Form follows the existing bag geometry. The skin disappears into the pack when not needed and snaps on in seconds when it is.

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Product Design · Consumer Electronics

Hyper
Fan

IndependentConcept

Service

Product Design
Consumer Electronics

Client

Independent

Info

Air,
engineered

A personal fan concept that challenges the assumption that fan geometry must follow blade geometry. The housing shapes the experience before the air does — the Hyperfan's form is designed around airflow direction and diffusion, not around the mechanical assembly inside it.

Concept-stage product design exploring how consumer electronics can be designed with more formal ambition.

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Industrial Design · Consumer Electronics

Bud.e
Companion

IndependentConcept

Service

Industrial Design
Consumer Electronics

Client

Independent

Info

The plant
that talks back

Bud.e is a companion planter with an embedded emotional display — a face that reflects the plant's soil moisture, light, and health conditions. The idea: make plant care into a relationship instead of a chore.

The form is deliberately rounded and approachable — legs that feel like the plant is walking toward you, a face that reacts. Designed as a consumer electronics concept exploring anthropomorphism in product design.

Confidential Work

Under NDA

Patient-specific implants designed for Restor3d. These designs are shown only with permission. Enter the password to unlock the case study.

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Medical Device · Patient-Specific

Patient
Specific
Implants

Restor3d700+ Designed

Service

Medical Device Design
Patient-Specific

Client

Restor3d

Info

Designed for
one patient

700+ patient-specific orthopedic implants designed for surgical teams at Restor3d. Each implant begins as a CT scan and ends as a geometry tailored to the individual's anatomy — no two pieces identical.

Designed in SolidWorks with Materialize 3matic for additive manufacturing. Working directly with surgeons meant understanding anatomical constraints, surgical approach vectors, and fixation requirements — a different kind of industrial design.