GUY Mathiot
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About
Commercially minded creative Bag and Luggage Designer from a Fashion Sports and Consumer goods background specialising in soft goods design, development, sampling and production.
30 + years of experience designing for major International Brands - in the last 15 years have chosen to focus upon creating Bags, luggage and all forms of textile equipment.
Our typical customers is an innovative business start up's with a great idea who need help to convert their soft goods product from a concept into a real commercial product. We offer a service from concept to design, to specification to sampling and production if the client wants us to manage that as well. -
Education
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BA Fashion and Textiles DesignRavensbourne school of Art and Design1984 - 1987Degree in fashion and textiles design.
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Experience
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DesignerBosbury, United KingdomApr 1985 - Present (41 years 3 months)Lead Designer of Softgoods - Bags, Clothing and Luggage for Design IQ - established 1985.
Since foundation I have led the design services of Design IQ, where we have in depth knowledge of the active lifestyle market, technical fabrics and have a deep knowledge of the reality of production processes so we can manage the production of what we design if required.
Design IQ has worked for Brands from Puma and Sweaty Betty to Tog 24, Karrimor, Bosch, Berghaus, Fischer Outdoor Leisure, Rohan and Asics
My personal skills go beyond that of a designer and include a insightful marketing minded mindset. -
Designer & Product developerBosbury, United KingdomJun 2019 - Feb 2023 (3 years 8 months)Fashionable Ladies Doctors Bags. Design and Development from Concept to Design to specification to sample management to sample development to mass manufacture and management of manufacture, shipping and delivery of a unique range of Ladies Doctors bags. I designed every single element that went into the bag ( except the client's logo ) from the styling to the internal organisation to the fabric sourcing and the design and production of all the hardware elements. The collection was launched in Feb 2023 and is now selling successfully.
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Awards
Founder Member IDEAS association.
Creative Director and Founder Workplay bags. -
Affiliations
BDA, BDI, ACID. LBS ( London Business school), FSB.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@DESIGNIQLTD, member since 2011
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