product design consultant at Philips Design

Rafael Tamsiran

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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I am an industrial designer who:

• was born in South America, raised in Western Europe and currently works and lives in Asia.

• has a MSc degree in Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

• has 10+ years experience in driving design projects from concept creation to product manufacturing and launch.

• is involved in strategic design roadmaps, that position products in future contexts and translate brand ambitions into design languages.

• is highly experienced with and passionate about miniaturizing component stacks and architectures.

• believes there is a solution to every puzzle and will burn the midnight oil to find it.

I enjoy:

• blending my product and interaction design skills to achieve seamless user experiences.

• cross functional collaboration and continuously gaining new knowledge and skills.

• sketching, high quality 3D surfacing and the logics of programming.

• comics, sci-fi movies, concept art, Renaissance art and running up the mountains.

Specialties: wearable electronics, appcessories, cloud connected cameras, tablets
Education
- MSc, Industrial Design Engineering Product Design
  
  Technische Universiteit Delft
  
  1994 - 2001
- CSG Comenius, Capelle a/d IJssel
  
  1988 - 1994
Experience
- consultant product designer, creative lead GoGEAR, InSight and tablets
  
  Philips Design
  
  Jul 2011 - Present (14 years 11 months)
  
  Working in the Lifestyle Entertainment category
  • creative lead for GoGEAR mp3/mp4 players range and Philips tablet range
  • creative lead for InSight app-enabled monitor range (first Philips appcessory in the apple store)
  • responsible for product ranges and design direction setting
  • close collaboration with China suppliers to maximize brand quality
  • highly experienced with components architecture of small, connected products
- consultant product designer, lead designer RéAura and Sleep Venture
  
  Philips Design
  
  Mar 2008 - Jun 2011 (3 years 3 months)
  
  Worked in the Skincare and Sleep category:
  • lead designer for Philips RéAura (skin rejuvenation)
  • lead designer for Philips Sleep Venture
  • aligning internally with UI design and communication design
  • closely working with marketing and engineering from market insight to product realisation
  • attending international consumer research and translating feedback into product: gained more experience with North-American and Asian market
- senior product designer
  
  Philips Design
  
  Apr 2007 - Jul 2008 (1 year 3 months)
  
  Worked in the mother & child care category (AVENT) on baby-monitors:
- product designer
  
  Philips Design
  
  Jun 2006 - Mar 2007 (9 months)
  
  Worked in the female depilation & male grooming category.
  • design project lead on trimmer projects
  • intensive cooperation with internal technical team (mechanical, usability, electronical)
  • close and direct contact with marketing
  • concept creation , CAD modeling, setting-up production files
  • working with internal technical team and external suppliers/factories: experienced in delivering industri- alisation-ready surfaces and appropriate aftercare
  • attending consumer research and translating feedback into product
- product designer
  
  MMID
  
  Jan 2005 - Jun 2006 (1 year 5 months)
  
  Worked on various design projects:
  • product design support (pitching, pre-engineering) • storyboarding
  • icon design
  • design and production of company website (dynamic flash site with PHP/Mysql)
- Freelance designer
  
  rafaeltamsiran.com
  
  Jun 2002 - Oct 2005 (3 years 4 months)
  
  Worked on various projects:
  • product design support
  • visualisations
  • animated demo’s
  • infographics
- product designer
  
  C10
  
  May 2004 - Dec 2004 (7 months)
  
  Worked on various design projects.
- postgraduate trainee
  
  Zicht
  
  Mar 2003 - Jul 2003 (4 months)
  
  Worked on various new media design projects:
  • graphic/icon design
  • flash actionscript training
  • character design
- graduation student
  
  Philips Design
  
  Oct 2000 - Jun 2001 (8 months)
  
  Graduation project on future 3G communication products for youth.
- trainee | designer
  
  npk industrial design
  
  Aug 1999 - May 2000 (9 months)
  
  Worked on various design projects.
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Rafael Tamsiran

Branded Environments Project Manager

Industrial Designer, Packaging – Lead