Jim Warner, Managing Director

Jim Warner is the Managing Director of laga | One80 Design. He has a mature vision of creativity, design process and client interaction.
Jim has 20 years of professional design experience, having served as Founding and Managing Partner of One80 Design, President of the Industrial Design division of FutureBrand, a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group of Companies, and Executive Vice President of Industrial Design for Deskey Associates. He is a member of the Industrial Designer's Society of America, former educator for the Parsons School of Design, expert witness in design litigation, conference and seminar speaker, inventor of over 55 global patents, and recipient of numerous domestic and international design awards. Jim holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Massachusetts College of Art (1984) in Boston.
Team members

We value diversity in talent beyond sheer numbers. Each team member must be able to do more than one thing well. That means strategists with skills that transcend industries. Conceptual designers that can translate consumer needs into functional and ergonomic requirements. Technical experts that can push through development challenges without compromising the most critical design intent. Whatever the project requirements, we have the leadership and bench strength to see it through.
Mark Dziersk, Vice President of Industrial Design

Mark Dziersk is a Fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America, of which he is a 20-year member and has served as president of the organization. He has also served various council and board positions for the Association of Professional Design Firms.
He has earned over 100 U.S. product design and engineering patents and garnered numerous awards, among them the Industrial Design Excellence Award, ID Magazine's Annual Design Review Design Distinction, and the Appliance Manufacturer's Excellence in Design. Dziersk is a frequent commentator on design trends, innovation and the strategic value of design in the national media and as a lecturer at events, conferences and universities worldwide. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University and a founding member of the Design Council of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.