Nganga Villa Ismael

Industrial, Product and footwear Designer — Nuernberg, Germany

About

My pervasive theme throughout my work is to create products which have a strong concept able to bring functionality and emotionally to the consumer.

My primary focus in design is to create superior functionality as well as smart/beautiful products which will positively impact people’s day-to-day lives.

Experience:
7 years
Education:
ENSCI/Les Ateliers
Awards:
- Lunetiers du jura design Awards 1998 ( Concept have been exposed at the MIDO 2000).

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EDUCATION

1997 - 2004 ENSCI Les Ateliers (French National Institute for Advanced Studies in Industrial Design, Paris, France)
DA Industrial Product Design (Post-graduate degree equivalent to M.A.)

January - August 2000 Kingston University (London, England)
Exchange program in furniture design session

1994 - 1997 ENSAAMA Ecole Boulle (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Arts, Paris, France)
Diploma « BacF12 » (Bachelor of Applied Arts)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Footwear Designer
Adidas Original, herzogenaurach, Germany (september 2010 to present)

Freelance designer / Consultant
Product, Graphic, Brand, Story telling
Self-employed, Erlangen, Germany (October 2009 to present)

Footwear and Product Designer
Lafuma, Lyon, France (July 2007 to september 2009)

Industrial Designer
Bresslergroup Design Agency, Philadelphia, USA (September 2006 to june 2007 )

Footwear designer
ElanPolo Paris Inc, Puteaux, France (January 2006 - September 2006 )

Product designer
Freelance (February 2005 - January 2006 )
Global design for a new French eyewear brand for 2006 : brand graphic identity and products design

Advanced Product and trends designer
Decathlon Design Center, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France (September 2004 - January 2005 )
- Soccer’s Graphic and Product Designer for Kipsta
- Trends Designer & Planner for Kipsta (Basketball, Soccer, Rugby, Volleyball, Handball, Baseball, Football and Kricket brand) for Summer 2006
- Responsible for development of 2006 colorways for men’s, women’s and children’s basketball shoes at Kipsta design team.

Advanced Product designer
Decathlon Design Center, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France (August 2004 )
- defining Kalenji actual design Identity

Trends designer
Decathlon Design Center, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France (February/ July 2004 )
- Trends and views Designer for sports shoes in all Decathlon’s sports practises for 2006
- Create marketing tools and rules which are use for to enhance Decathlon shoe’s image in the actual shoe's market

Motion and Graphic Designer
February 2003 (Vidéo Design, Brussels, Belgium).
- conception of a night show for the Social Housing Exhibition, March to September 2003, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium

Graphic Designer
Freelance (August/ October 2002 )
Illy Café (Trieste, Italie)
Conception of the TWAS Award Identity

Graphic Designer
Appel d’Aire, Paris (April/ June 2002 )

Product Designer
Feelance for Southwing Paris/ Barcelona,Spain, (Aout 2001/ Février 2003)

Motion and Graphic Designer
Vidéo Design, Paris, France (June- Sept 2001)
« Swallowed up memory of Brunei » exhibition, September 2001 to January 2002, Conciergerie de Paris, client : FINA Elf


COMPUTER SKILLS

Rhinoceros 3.0
Solidworks (Mid level)
Alias Studio (Mid Level)
Alias Image Studio
Artlantis Realist rendering

Photoshop
Illustrator Realist rendering 2D
Freehand
Alias SketchBook Pro
Quark x-press, Director, Knowledge in Flash



Projects by Nganga Villa Ismael