Daniel Yorba spent his childhood in places as varied as Orange County, California; Portland, Oregon; Juneau, Alaska; and Barcelona, Spain; exposing him to many different experiences and cultures. From his father, award-winning architect Tony Yorba, he learned the beauty in functional simplicity which inspired him to create art at a young age.<\/p>\n
After graduating from high school, Yorba enlisted in the US Marines, serving as a helicopter crew chief and aerial gunner. After his discharge, Yorba searched for a way of fusing his love of storytelling and emotive art with the industrial\/architectural processes of his father along with the disciplines of the Marines. He started spending time at Fuse ID, a Portland design firm where a family friend was a partner. Eventually, he was granted an internship, securing his goal to design useful products that inspire and ignite the imagination.<\/p>\n
As an industrial design student at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, Yorba cultivated a passion for furniture, sporting goods, and two-wheeled transportation. For his thesis project, he designed and fabricated an electric motorcycle along with a branding strategy that led to the formation of his own company: Cycleton, featuring mopeds and a line of bicycles.<\/p>\n
Yorba currently designs protective sportswear gear for the equipment group of Vans\/Pro-tec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40517,"template":"","tags":[46],"class_list":["post-777","designers","type-designers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-story"],"yoast_head":"\n