Monty Montague, IDSA, is nationally recognized for both product development and identity design accomplishments, and he is BOLT’s Design Principal. In this position he leads multidisciplinary teams in comprehensive development programs including product and brand strategy, market and user research, industrial design, human factors evaluation, environmental design, graphic design, engineering, and production coordination.

BOLT’s clients include contemporary office furniture companies such as Herman Miller and Allsteel, consumer products manufacturers such as GE Lighting and Dirt Devil, medical equipment companies such as Hill-Rom and CheckMed Systems, and retailers such as Lowes Stores and Harris Teeter.

Montague helped found BOLT in 1985 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was selected in 1994 by ID Magazine as one of its “ID Forty” highlighting the “top 40 design innovators in the United States.” Montague holds a variety of design and utility patents and has received numerous international design awards including four Gold IDEA Awards from IDSA/Business Week Magazine – considered the “Oscars” of the industrial design profession. His design work has been published by journals in Europe and the U.S; he has written for various publications including the Design Management Journal and IDSA Innovation; and he has lectured widely at universities and industry forums.

Montague is the co-founder of the Carolinas Chapter of IDSA. He holds a Bachelor of Product Design degree with honors from North Carolina State University and received the School of Design’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 1999.