Resumé

Design Experiences :

Sep. 2011 - Currently
Senior Industrial Designer
TCL Multimedia, Shenzhen, China

- Building brand recognition through design and exploring next scenarios in entertainment experiences.
- Industrial Designer & project lead.
- Development of multimedia products from concept to manufacturing (televisions, 3D glasses, remote controls, soundbars).
- Mentoring of junior designers & interns.
- Internal design research workshops lead to enhance studio capabilities and design process.


2007 - 2011
Industrial Designer
Lenovo, Beijing, China

Member of the laptop design team in the Innovation Design Center of Lenovo.

- Design Leader of Ideapad S10, S10-3, S10-3s, U150, U160.
- Product Design Manager of Ideapad S series

- Working under the command of the design director, laptop design manager and closely with the Design strategy team.
- Design research, customer trends and target groups analysis, identification of innovation opportunities.
- Brainstorming sessions, concept ideations, explorations of new lifestyle & using scenarios, quick sketching, concept & form development, design language development, brand consistency.
- Provide concept and design guide for Colors, Materials & Finishes.

- 3D form development through sketching, CAD & draft to final mock-ups file release.
- Workshops with Taiwanese ODM to finalize designs into details.
- Cooperation with Mechanical Electrical Engineers, Technical Project Manager, Project manager, UCD team.
- Regular flights to Shanghai factories to follow, check and approve samples of each part, at different stages of production. Flights to Kyoto, Japan for on-site IMR (In-Mold Rolling) film tuning.


2007
(May - July)
Design Manager
Ilinoi, Beijing

- Leading a small design team in the creation of Ilinoi range of furniture products for Chinese market.
- Redefining brand image and Beijing shops decoration.
- Work on factory site


2004 - 2007
Freelance Designer
Paris, France

- Lighting Design, participation to the design proposals for the first collection of the Sino-French brand TAOlight.
- Pet furniture, creating the Lotus cat tree for RefinedFeline
- Houseware products, bathbin design, kitchen scale
- USB accessories
- Clients located in China, Singapore, USA


Internship :

2004
(Januay - February)
Furniture Designer
Code Conception Design, Paris, France
Two months internship, responsible for creating various items related to furniture design, tables, chairs, seats, desks, door handles, etc.


Education :

2002 - 2004
Bachelor in Product Design (BA)
Creapole, School of Creation & Management, Paris, France

2001 - 2002
Evening Courses in Transportation Design
Creapole, School of Creation & Management, Paris, France
Study rough, color and graphism techniques applied to transportation design.

2000 - 2001
Industrial Design foundation year
Strate College, Issy-les-moulineaux, France
Courses in human sciences, art history, engineering, model sketching, painting, ergonomics, etc.

Publications :

Andmag (Turkey) : April 2010 - Criminal Lamp

New Lore Magazine (China) : January 2010 - Criminal Lamp

Design fax 627 (France) : 2008
French online design magazine asked french designers working in other countries to express their feelings about the design method and the working environment in their new country.

Exterieurs Design No.5, Design @home (France) : 2008
French Design magazine Exterieurs Design have used several of my dog furniture concepts pictures in an article about pet furniture, edition No. 5.

Dog Pad Concept.
The Dog Pad concept have been published into several design websites, such as Design Magazine Italy, DESIGN och INREDNINGSBLOGGEN, EstiloYMas Spain, Kawageek France, mynaf.gr, Way China, Yankodesign.


Computer skills :

MAC&PC
Rhino, Cinema 4D, Keyshot
Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Quark Xpress
Ashlar Vellum, Powerdraw
Powerpoint, Word, Excel


Interests :

Travel
Photography
Contemporary Art
Japanese Architecture
Foreign languages


Language skills :

French: Native language
English : Proficient
Mandarin Chinese : Good
Thai : Basic
Spanish : Basic

Projects by Sébastien Maleville

TCL - RC 350
8 Files

BA smartphone concept
4 Files

Kyoto
6 Files

Cococup
11 Files

Ideapad U160
8 Files

Ideapad S10-3s
4 Files

Ideapad S10-3
3 Files

Criminal Lamp
2 Files

Ideapad S10
12 Files

Ideapad U150
13 Files

Kandao
15 Files