Best Buy (BBY) Names Aura Oslapas as SVP and CDO
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Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) today named Aura Oslapas, age 53, senior vice president and chief design officer, effective Sept. 15, 2010. In her new role, Oslapas will lead Best Buy’s design and brand identity team worldwide.
Oslapas has more than 25 years experience in design, most recently serving as principal of A+O Design Methods, a boutique design agency in San Francisco. During her career, Oslapas has held leadership positions at organizations such as Esprit de Corp, IDEO and Stone Yamashita Partners. She has served a variety of consumer and technology clients, including Hewlett-Packard, Target, Liz Claiborne, Apple, Logitech, McDonald’s and Amtrak. In addition, her work has been recognized with awards from IDEA/BusinessWeek, AIGA (the professional organization for graphic design) the American Institute of Architects, ID and Interiors Magazine.
Oslapas holds a BFA in industrial design from the Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA from Cranbook Academy of Art. She also was the founding chair of the Industrial design program at California College of Arts in San Francisco.
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Oslapas has more than 25 years experience in design, most recently serving as principal of A+O Design Methods, a boutique design agency in San Francisco. During her career, Oslapas has held leadership positions at organizations such as Esprit de Corp, IDEO and Stone Yamashita Partners. She has served a variety of consumer and technology clients, including Hewlett-Packard, Target, Liz Claiborne, Apple, Logitech, McDonald’s and Amtrak. In addition, her work has been recognized with awards from IDEA/BusinessWeek, AIGA (the professional organization for graphic design) the American Institute of Architects, ID and Interiors Magazine.
Oslapas holds a BFA in industrial design from the Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA from Cranbook Academy of Art. She also was the founding chair of the Industrial design program at California College of Arts in San Francisco.
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