David Moore & Zero Nine Design

David earned his first design degree in San Francisco in Corporate Identity and Graphic Design. Drawn to deeper, human-based design he attended the prestigious Art Center College of Design earning a BSc in Industrial Design.

He co-founded Zero Nine Design in 2001, a design consultancy creating groundbreaking products and brands. The business evolved into Zero Nine Design & Development LLC designing emerging technologies for advanced R&D engineering groups. ZND has attracted over $500M in venture investment, secured multiple patents and created designs that have launched successful companies.

Today Zero Nine is a Design & Innovation Strategy Consultancy advising, mentoring and coaching creative leadership and design/development teams.

SPEAKING & EVENTS

May 2024 – Creative Emergence in Times of Chaos: The Larta Institute, Los Angeles, CA

May 2023 – Innovation- Another Way of Looking At It: Pacific Futures Retreat, Santa Barbara, CA

November 2019 – SolidWorks 3DX Presentation Direction: Event Production Design, Boston, MA

March 2019 –SolidWorks Innovation Workshops: Speaker, Facilitator, Boston, MA

Apr 2018 – Blockchain Financial Summit: Guest Speaker, San Francisco, CA 

Nov 2016-’17 – American Manufacturing Summit: Keynote Speaker, San Diego 

Apr 2016 – Doha Innovation Summit for INSME : Keynote Speaker, Doha, Qatar

Feb 2015 - The North Face Innovation Summit: Keynote, Chabot Science Center, Oakland, CA

Apr 2012 – Elite Innovation Retreat: Keynote Speaker with author Robert Tucker

May 2011–’12 - UC Berkeley Haas School: Guest Speaker, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

TEACHING

Guest Instructor: Stanford Engineering Design Program

Guest Lecturer: UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University’s Intl. MBA program

Guest Instructor: Georgia Tech's Masters in Industrial Design

Instructor: Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

Instructor: Domus Academy Master Industrial Design

Instructor: Industrial Design Program, CCA San Francisco

WHEN MAGAZINE

He also designs, writes and publishes WHEN Magazine, a cultural look at “what’s coming after what’s coming next”. WHEN takes place ten years in the future and takes a deep dive into products, film and social trends. It takes a calculated look at where our ideas about design, art, style and our love of ‘objects’ is taking us.