Resumé

Gladston D’souza

Address : 4, Madonna C.H.S
Opp William Compound, Mitchowki, Marve Road, Malad (west),
Mumbai 400 064, India

Tel no : Home : 00-91-022-28824558
Cell : 00-91-9769881447

Web : email : gladston.dsouza@gmail.com

Portfolio Web Link
www.coroflot.com/gladston
http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/designers/portfolios/display/store5/item81910/

Design Experience

Torque Studios - Freelancing for Torque Studios on Alias for new design grille and headlamp on the SX4, Ritz, A-Star and Swift.

Tata Sumo Modification - recently finished designing and building a mock up of the Sumo on Styrofoam. Process is on – www.coroflot.com/gladston
- Goa (India)
BMW Design – Designed a Styrofoam model of an SUV for BMW as an individual entry. This design is registered in India and was sent to BMW Design Centre in Munich (Germany) for evaluation.

Member for CEPAD ( Centre of Excellence for Product and Automotive Design – Coventry University, United Kingdom)

Currently working on Splitwheel Design a sports car on the internet forum. Affiliated to Caterham Cars – U.K.

Logo and Board design for Osmosis Health and Fitness Spa – Birmingham, U.K.

Logo and Title design for Alessen Industries – New Bombay, India.

Logo and card design for Adzac Arts - Mumbai, India

Automotive Design and Styling Skills Acquired at Coventry University

2D Sketching, Marker Renderings, Photoshop, Tablet Photoshop, 3D Modelling on Alias, Corel Draw, Concept Development and Visualisation, Clay Modelling, Vehicle and Occupant Packaging (Automotive Packaging), Research based Design Development, Automotive Presentation Techniques, Scale Modelling in Clay and Styrofoam, 2D Animation (2D AniPro), 3D Animation (3D Studio 4)

Education

2008, BA (Hons) Automotive Design – Coventry University, UK
2001, B,Com in Business Management – Mumbai University, India
1998, Diploma in Computer Graphics and Animation – Edit Institute, India
1996, Diploma in Computers for Office Application and Programming – Mastermind Computer Institute, India.


Awards and Achievements

1st place at the Youth Festival for Mime Beat Competition (group performance)
1st place in the Web Designing Class for designing the web page for the World Cup Football, 1998
2nd place for Crib Design in 2000
3rd place for Crib Design in 2001

Volunteer Experiences

Part of the local parish for designing backdrop for Eucharistic celebrations
Part of the local youth groups in community cleanliness drives

Languages

English, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, French (basic reading and writing)

Interests

Following BBC Top Gear, Reading Auto Magazines, Watching Science and nature documentaries on ‘The National Geographic Channel’, ’Discovery Channel’ and ‘Animal Planet’

Reading novels, listening to music and hobbies include playing the guitar.

Projects by GLADSTON D'SOUZA

TATA SUMO MODIFICATION - line work - photoshop - styrofoam mockup
38 Files

ALIAS MINI CAB
13 Files

JAGUAR SUV - Ideation - Photoshop - ergonomics - engineering - clay modelling & Fibre Model
38 Files

AUTO RICKSHAW RESEARCH
33 Files

PHOTOSHOP
12 Files

BIRO AND MARKER SKETCHING
24 Files

ALIAS CONSTRUCTION
28 Files

PRODUCT DESIGN
18 Files

Alias --- Mahindra Thar
21 Files