Welcome. I'm Rachel Alvia, a Creative Professional and Freelance Designer in Chicago, IL.
I believe good design requires a great team, and I've had the priviledge of working with a lot of great teams.
Currently, I am working primarily in consumer product design for commercial retail sales, and illustration. My superpower is my ability to take ideas and inspirations and turn them into real 3D products.
I have a unique interest and talent for three-dimensional creativity and thought processing, which gives me a deep understanding and imagination for bringing 3-D products to life. My specialties include sewn soft goods products, 3-D structure kits made of wood, paperboard, chipboard, cardstock, cardboard, EVA foam and other flat materials. I also excel in designing die struck and cast metals in the application of jewelry, soft rubber, silicon and fashion and apparel design. I have an extensive skill set in illustration, graphic design, and fine art.
My formal education was at The Illinois Institute of Art at Chicago and I hold my BFA in Fashion Design. Upon graduating I worked as a product designer for doll clothing and craft kits for children and adults. I have also worked as a designer of metal, soft rubber and sewn products for a promotional products and jewelry company. My career also took a journey into creating and co-owningn a custom wedding dress shop for 13 years. I was the lead designer and creative director for that business venture, and gained extensive experience managing a full workload, a team, and overseas manufacturing. I have worked as a freelance designer for over a decade and I take a wide variety of projects from corporate and private clients for product design, technical specifications and illustration.