Grayson Byrd is an award-winning industrial designer and seasoned creative leader with 12+ years of experience designing for global consumer brands.
Honors and Activities
2025
Featured Speaker at ConveyUX, Seattle
Cristo Rey work-study sponsor, Philadelphia High School
Member of Industrial Designers Society of America (2011-present)
2024
Cristo Rey work-study sponsor, Philadelphia High School
Red Dot Award, Product Design: The Xfinity Advanced Modem
2023
Main Stage Speaker at IDSA’s Design Research Deep Dive, “Benefitting All With an Accessibility-First Approach: A Comcast Case Study”
IDEA Gold Award, Consumer Technology: The Xfinity Large Button Voice Remote
iF Design Award for Consumer Electronic: The Xfinity Large Button Voice Remote
Red Dot Award, Product Design: The Xfinity Large Button Voice Remote
Red Dot Award, Product Design: The Sky Stream Puck and Glass Remote
2022
Comcast’s Circle of Success Award Finalist: The Xfinity Large Button Voice Remote
IDEA Finalist, Consumer Technology: The Xfinity XiOne and Flex Voice Remote
Core77 Design Award, Notable Honor, Consumer Tech: The Xfinity XiOne and Flex Voice Remote
IDSA's Student Merit Award Judge, Thomas Jefferson University
IDSA's Student Merit Award Judge, Drexel University
Red Dot Award, Product Design: The Xfinity XiOne and Flex Voice Remote
IDSA PHL Mentorship Program Mentor
2021
IDEA Award Jury Member
IDSA Northeast District Chapter Representative, Nominee
IDSA PHL Mentorship Program Mentor
2020
Adjunct Studio Professor: Drexel University, Sophomore Spring Term
IDEA Award Jury Member
Keynote Speaker at CTO Forum’s RETHINK: DESIGN, “Design’s Deep Impact”
2019
IDEA Silver Award, Consumer Technology: Dolby Dimension
Red Dot Award, Best of the Best, Product Design: Dolby Dimension
2018
Panelist for Minnesota Street Project Event, "Methods of Making"
Host and Presenter for Dolby's SFDW Event, "The Art of Cinematic Storytelling"
IDEA Bronze Award, Design Strategy: Dolby Brand Design System
Design Panelist for Brand Marketing Blog's, "Top Designers Talk Smart Speakers"
IDSA Instagram Takeover, CES
2017
1st Place in 13th Annual Bay Area Design Dodgeball Tournament
GOOD Design Award, Electronics: Dolby Multichannel Amplifier
IDEA Featured Finalist, Industrial Products: Dolby Multichannel Amplifier
Spark Design Award Finalist, Professional Products: Dolby Multichannel Amplifier
Presenter at IDSA’s South District Conference, “Forget You and Your Ideas”
Presenter at 7th Process Driven Innovation, “Leveraging Design to Evolve an Organization”
IDSA's Student Merit Award Judge, Southern District
IDSA's Student Merit Award Judge, CCA
2016
IDEA Gold Award, Design Strategy: Dolby HQ
IdeaQuest: Best Match for Dolby Business Award: Up in the Air
iF Design Award for Interior Architecture: Dolby Cinema
Design Thinking workshop, Institute of Design at Stanford
IDSA's Student Merit Award Judge, San Jose State
2015
Volunteer for San Francisco’s 11th Annual Project Homeless Connect
Keynote Speaker at Experience Design Event, “Creating Meaningful Brand Experiences”
IDEA Silver Award, Environments: Dolby Cinema
Dolby + RISD Partner Project Ambassador and Lead
Host for 11th Annual Bay Area Design Dodgeball Tournament
Intern Mentor for Dolby’s Internship Program
IdeaQuest: Best Match for Dolby Business Award: Rainmaker
Red Dot Award, Product Design: Dolby Cinema
Volunteer for the Tenderloin Community School Alcatraz Field Trip
2014
Volunteer for San Francisco’s 10th Annual Project Homeless Connect
Volunteer for Dolby’s Family Giving Tree Gift Drive
Design Lead and Presenter for 1275 Speaker Series, “The Dolby Experience”
2nd Place in 10th Annual Bay Area Design Dodgeball Tournament
2013
Presenter at IDSA Atlanta Chapter Event, “The Future in Five”
1st Place in IDSA Atlanta Chapter Annual IKEA Chair Hack Competition
2012
Photographer for Coca-Cola Freestyle portion of Design & Thinking Documentary
Professional Lead in Coca-Cola & Portfolio Center Project: Thermochromatic Cans
Professional Lead in Outreach3 Program with Georgia Tech & Grady High School
Professional Reviewer in ATL Connect Portfolio Review
Professional Lead in Coca-Cola & Portfolio Center Project: Next Gen Fridge Pack
3rd Place in IDSA Atlanta Chapter Annual IKEA Chair Hack Competition
2011
Professional Lead in Outreach2 Program with Georgia Tech & Grady High School
1st Place in Freetech Plastics National Thermoforming Competition, Casper Stool
Featured in The Southern Design Concern Show Fixed, Un.time.ly Clocks
Featured in Modern Atlanta’s Annual Design Week Magazine
Work Exhibited at Modern Atlanta’s Design Week Launch Party, Casper Stool
Georgia Institute of Technology IDSA’s Student Merit Award Winner
Georgia Institute of Technology President’s Student Honors Luncheon
Prior
Member of Golden Key International Honour Society
Member of National Society of Leadership and Success
Member of IDSA Georgia Institute of Technology Student Chapter
1st Place in Entryway Design Competition at SPSU
AIAS/Southern Polytechnic State University
Skills
Industrial, Environmental, and Graphic Design
User Experience Research
Brand Strategy Creative Strategy
Art Direction
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite,
SketchbookPro, Rhino, KeyShot
Contact
contact@graysonbyrd.com
267.443.9589
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