Claudia Daniela Macías Mejía
Industrial Designer — San Jose Iturbide, Mexico
About
I want to design products that combine function, quality, sustainability and aesthetics, as well as innovation, simplicity and creativity, to satisfy actual consumer's real needs in a real world. I believe in design as a way to change the world in a positive way; this belief inspires me everyday of my life.
- Experience:
- 3 years
- Education:
- InstitutoTecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
- Awards:
- -Honor mention, "Innovative Project", at 8a. Biennale Internazionale del Merletto ´07, Italy, for lace design project Space Freaks.
-Best design, Aug-Dec ´06 ITESM-CEM for the orthopaedics device for the disabled Tortuguín.
-Winning project for SWATCH, Aug´05, for in-store sale point design.
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Resumé
I think of myself as a leader; creative; hard working; desition maker; researcher; with good social skills; smart; organized; objective guided; can identify and understand needs and solve them. I like team work, multicultural teams. I always reach deadlines, I´m not scared of embracing new ideas. Good skills at 3d modelling, rendering and prototyping. I can work under pressure, and I have a special sense of beauty.
I also have a project called BAMBA, that makes Independent design, production and sale of alternative ludic products and accesories in several design stores across Mexico's city.
Studied 1 semester at Academia Lorenzo de Medici, in Florence, Italy.
Languages:
Spanish- native
English- advanced (TOEFL:647)
Italian- intermediate
Computer Software:
Solid Works
Autodesk 3d Viz
Rhinoceros
Illustrator
Photoshop
Macromedia Director
MS Office
Willing to relocate and travel.
Interests:
Product design, In store points of sale design, interior design, furniture design, toys design, fashion design, accesories design, lighting design.
Proffesional experience:
COLGATE- PALMOLIVE
Packaging Engineer Guanajuato, Mexico March09- Current
Packaging design, for 3 areas: oral care, home care and personal care. Bottle and various containers design, special packs design, mechanical drawings, tests, CAD and rendering, benchmarking, prototyping.
AEROPUERTOS Y SERVICIOS AUXILIARES (ASA)
Designer Mexico DF, Mexico Sept07- Oct08
Design of specialized furniture and interiors for the TRAINAIR training center for employees, to be built inside Mexico's city airport.
US TECHNOLOGIES
Designer Edo. de Mexico, Mexico Jan08-June08
Design of a bottle for the company's car coolant brand, at a low cost and with a unique morphology.
CASTRO PRODUCCIONES
Designer Edo de Mexico, Mexico Sept06-Dec06
Design of specialized furniture, for the company's recording studio. Graphic design of all the stationary and corporative image of the company.
URIS, DIF ATIZAPÁN
Designer Edo. Mexico, Mexico Jan06-June06
Design of an orthopaedics device, for children 1-5 years old with various motor disabilities. Donated to the state-owned center URIS for the disabled.
