Industrial, Product and footwear Designer — Nuernberg, Germany
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.
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