{"id":52945,"date":"2018-08-28T07:49:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52945"},"modified":"2018-08-28T07:49:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:49:15","slug":"josh-hartley-joins-vonzipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52945","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hartley Joins VonZipper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"VonZipper<\/strong> is welcoming Josh Hartley<\/strong> to their team where he will be the brands global design director and chief officer of “product badassery,” according to a release from the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have admired Josh\u2019s creativity for quite some time, and truth be told, we\u2019ve been talking about teaming up for what seems like ages\u201d, grinned VZ Founder\/President GT<\/strong>. \u201cThe fact that Josh shares similar interests and aesthetics as the brand, as well as close relationships with our factories, I feel he is a perfect complement to forward and achieve VZ\u2019s design aspiration.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the official word from VonZipper please follow the jump.
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VonZipper Welcomes Josh Hartley as Global Design Director and Chief Officer of Product Badassery
\nIrvine, CA, August 24, 2018<\/p>\n

Just when you thought things around the eyewear market could use a bit of energy, inspiration, and movement, your friends at VonZipper are pleased to announce the addition of Josh Hartley as Global Design Director and Chief Officer of Product Badassery.<\/p>\n

Born and raised on the central coast of California, Josh cut his teeth at the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, spent several years in surf retail, and has over 15 years of eyewear design expertise. In addition to his creative ways, he\u2019s been known to spin many a late-night DJ gig and possesses an eagerness to drag a knee on a motorbike.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be joining the VZ team at such an incredible time of evolution in our market could not be more appealing to me\u201d, exclaimed Josh Hartley. \u201cI am excited at the opportunity to apply the culmination of experience I have learned over the years to lead VonZipper\u2019s diverse product offering. Designing eyewear is both romantic and technical at the same time. I enjoy the detail, the lack of boundaries and the inherent style that comes with the right frame. The future is bright, I can\u2019t wait to get after it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Josh will be in charge of global design direction for all VonZipper product initiatives, including the development of product strategies and line segmentation. He will report directly to brand Founder\/President, Greg Tomlinson and will work in close collaboration with the internal Sales and Art departments in California as well as VZ\u2019s International partners and factories to achieve the brand vision worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have admired Josh\u2019s creativity for quite some time, and truth be told, we\u2019ve been talking about teaming up for what seems like ages\u201d, grinned VZ Founder\/President GT. \u201cThe fact that Josh shares similar interests and aesthetics as the brand, as well as close relationships with our factories, I feel he is a perfect complement to forward and achieve VZ\u2019s design aspiration\u201d.
\nJosh can be reached by smoke signal or at VonZipper direct: Office: 949 428 4718<\/p>\n

Email: josh.hartley@vonzipper.com<\/p>\n

About VonZipper:
\nBorn in Southern California, VonZipper has been handcrafting premium eyewear for freethinkers and outsiders since 1999. For the last twenty years we\u2019ve continued to elevate the views of fashion and sport eyewear, continually inspired to design next level products for those that choose not to blend in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VonZipper is welcoming Josh Hartley to their team where he will be the brands global design director and chief officer of “product badassery,” according to a release from the company. \u201cI have admired Josh\u2019s creativity for quite some time, and truth be told, we\u2019ve been talking about teaming up for what seems like ages\u201d, grinned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52945"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52947,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52945\/revisions\/52947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}