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JAMES JOHN GOODMAN

35 Years Professional Design Experience

 CURRICULUM VITAE


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Born August 9, 1953. Raised in Clark, New Jersey. 

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Graduated High School 1971. 

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Taught stage craft in the Clark Public School System and the Union County Regional High School System. 

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Designed and built sets and props for twenty-nine full-scale theatrical productions at various dinner theaters and resorts. 

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Worked for Arrow Displays, creating and installing trade shows and other visual merchandising projects. Eight years. 

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Moved to Manhattan in 1979 and worked nine months for Spaeth Displays (creators of animated Christmas windows for Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylors.) 

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Began own firm with partner, Earle Jay Goodman, creating a 10,000 square foot production/design studio/showroom facility serving the retail, hotel, restaurant, and amusement park industries. 

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Provided merchandising, store planning and attraction design and production. Photographs of installations can be seen in our on-line Portfolio, and a list of projects and customers can be reviewed in "Clients".

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During this phase of career, was published extensively in books e.g. World’s Best Store Design, newspapers, trade and general interest magazines, from Orlando Sentinel to Playboy Magazine, and was interviewed on radio and television. Was honored with the cover feature article in Interior Design. Selections and reprints can be read at "Press".

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In 1985, design emphasis changed to Real Estate when professionally introduced to several prominent Manhattan real estate developers who contracted for model apartments, sales offices, building standards, corridors and lobbies. 

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In all, produced nearly two-hundred Model Homes. This lead to doing developers private residences, and to private apartments and homes for people who saw the models and other customer's homes. The Residential customer list rather says it all. 

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By 1995, had branched into another area of specialization: Catering, with some important projects.  Also designed and produced a restaurant that was still touted in 2003 as the Best Ambience by Zagat Review.

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In 1997, was brought to South Florida by customers, and decided to relocate. While still producing projects in New York such as the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino in 1999, currently enjoys living and working in sunny Florida. 

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