Jorge Gomes

Interaction / Experience Designer

My interests include interactional and emotional aspects of both industrial and digital design. I am a brazilian designer working at Interaction Design department at Whirlpool Latin America I have been taking part of a great range of projects, in which I deal with user experience, design research, creation and validation, connected to product design and branding.

Resume

/// PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Interaction Designer at Whirlpool Latin America | Jan 2010/...
The company is the biggest manufacturer of kitchen appliances in Brazil, where it markets Brastemp, Consul and KitchenAid brands.
http://www.brastemp.com.br http://www.consul.com.br http://www.kitchenaid.com.br http://www.whirlpool.com

Product designer at Indio da Costa Design | Oct 2008/Dec 2009
it is a creative consultancy focused in Architecture, Urban Planning, Design and Transportation Projects.
http://www.indiodacosta.com/

Product designer at DIA Comunicação | Aug 2008/Oct 2008
it is a leading brazillian agency specialized in branding, packaging and point-of-sale equipment.
http://www.diacm.com.br

Degree Project, ESDI/Microsoft | May 2007/Dec 2007
the project, supported by Microsoft, explores the integration of traditional and online commerce, bringing interesting characteristics of interaction from ecommerce to the point of sale. Consists of a service accessible by a website and a mobile application. In partnership with student Pamela Tailor.

Meta Design, Berlin internship | Nov 2006 / Apr 2007
one of German’s leading agencies in the field of strategic brand design management and implementation.

Ecke Design, Berlin internship | Set 2006 / Out 2006
conceptual and development phases of a new product for a aluminum profiles maker.

Motorola Design Lab internship | Sept 2004 / Mar 2005
conceptual proposal, based on research to Brazilian low-tier market. Oriented by Motorola designers and professors from University. Group project.


/// AWARDS, COMPETITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

CeBIT 2008 | Feb 2008
“HIT Social Shopping Advice 2.0” selected by IF Design, Germany.
Group project.

Yahoo! Design Expo 06 | Aug 2006
“KeepTrack”. Group project.

Alcoa Aluminium Innovation Award 2005 | Oct 2005
3rd place with project “FIT! Domestic Exercise Bike”
Group project.

Designboom “Home of 2020” | Oct 2005
selection and online exhibition of “MODO dishwasher” (from Electrolux Design Lab 04). Group project.

Microsoft Design Research’05 | Feb / Mai 2005
from theme “Time: remembering, organizing and sharing”, it was focused on presenters and their relation with time. Group project.

The Elements of Typographic Style / Cosac Naify | Apr 2004
honorable mention. Group project.

Electrolux Design Lab | Feb / Apr 2004
3rd place at local phase
development of kitchen appliances to the year of 2019. Group project.


/// WORKSHOPS

Informagination | Oct 2005
guided by Ulrich Schendzielorz (Fachhochschule Schwabisch Gmund)

Borders + TreeTap | Oct 2002
part of the exhibition “Mobilization: European Design”. Oriented by Alexis Tricoire.

/// RESEARCH

The role of body as an element in communication process | Jan 2005/Feb 2006; Aug 2007/ May 2008
Oriented by Nízia Villaça PIBIC / UFRJ.


/// SOFTWARES

Rhinoceros intermediary
Solid Works intermediary
Adobe Photoshop advanced
Adobe Illustrator advanced
Corel Draw advanced
Adobe InDesign intermediary
Adobe After Effects basic
Macromedia Flash basic
Macromedia Dreamweaver basic

/// LANGUAGES

english read, write and speak advanced
german read, write and speak basic
portuguese mother language

Location

Joinville, SC, Brazil

Specialties

  • Interaction Design
  • Industrial Design
  • Design Management

Experience

5 years

Education

Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial / Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro