Matthias Pinkert

Dipl. Designer — Dresden, Germany

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Matthias Pinkert

Industrial designer with a passion for high quality products.

Prießnitzaue 12, 01099 Dresden
Germany
Phone: (e-mail required)
matthias_pinkert@gmx.de

Experience:
4 years
Education:
HTW Dresden / FB Gestaltung - University of Applied Sciences in Dresden / Faculty Productdesign
Awards:
2007 VDA DESIGN AWARD_mention
2008 ELECTROLUX DESIGNLAB_finalist
2010 REDT DOT DESIGN AWARD
2010 BEST CREATIVE IDEA
2011 CREATIVEST FOUNDER OF THE YEAR
2011 LIGHT OF THE YEAR_nominee
2012 GERMAN DESIGN AWARD_nominee
2012 IFA USABILITY AWARD
2012 STATE OF SAXONY AWARD

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Working philosophy

To know we are surrounded of simple solutions to make difficult problems much more easier, thats my motivation to work as a designer. To bring this simplicity to alive its fun. So, design is great fun!


Matthias Pinkert - industrial designer -
Prießnitzaue 12, 01099 Dresden - Germany
Phone: (e-mail required)
matthias_pinkert@gmx.de

+ LANGUAGES
German / mother tongue
English / very good
Russian / basic

+ COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE (MAC & PC)
3D CAD / Solidworks, Alias -StudioTools, -SketchTools, -Image Studio
Cinema 4D / Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash,
Finalcut Pro, Directors Cut, Auto Cad,
OFFICE / Microsoft Office

+ SPECIALITY
excellently model making

+ AWARDS
2007 VDA design award - sustainable and emotional - car design beyond the limousine (mention)
http://www.vda-design-award.de

2008 electrolux designlab ´08 - household appliances for the internet generation - finalist
http://www.electrolux.com/designlab/

2009 competition of ideas - dresden exists - finalist
http://www.dresden-exists.de/index.php?id=918

2010 red dot concept design award - light rima

2011 light of the year Best 8 - light rima
http://www.leuchte-des-jahres.de/leuchte-des-jahres/leuchten-2011/dreipuls/

2012 german design award 2012 nominee - light rima

2012 state of saxony award - 2nd place - light rima
http://www.design-in-sachsen.de/preistraeger.html

2012 ifa usability award - light rima
http://usabilitypark.de/publikumspreis/2012/


+ WORK & EDUCATION

2006-2007
designresource Australia
(6 month) Internship
industrial design / transportation design / graphic design / user interface design
Sydney / Australia
http://www.designresource.com.au

2007
Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau GmbH
(9 weeks) Internship
interior design / furniture design
http://www.dwh.de


2009 - today
Productdesigner
dreipuls GmbH / Studio of Light Innovation
Dresden / Germany
www.dreipuls.com

2004 - 2009
HTW Dresden / faculty industrial design
Dresden / Germany
studies

2003-2004
engineering university entrance qualifikation
Dresden / Germany
grammar school

2000 - 2004
+FURTHER EDUCATION
master in carpenter trade

1996 - 1998
+FURTHER EDUCATION
designer in trade

1996 - 1997
civilian service (male nurse in hospital)
Dresden / Germany

1992 - 2003
Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau GmbH
Dresden / Germany
employment as a cabinet-maker



Projects by Matthias Pinkert