I am a creative designer with an interest in developing my career as a designer/artist. Design is a wonderful tool for evolving, solve problems by offering creative solutions, challenging yourself with each project and help others. Make a living out of a passion is my goal and I hope to help others through art and creativity. Collaborate with likeminded people, sharing ethics and passions, motivating each other. I hold a certificate in Interior Design from Spain that is where I come from and I have recently graduated in furniture design BA at the CASS, London Metropolitan University in London. I started a recycling project before studying Furniture Design where I was creating handmade lamps and hand sewn bags and purses. I traded in different markets with all the goods but I didn’t do so well and decided to study furniture design where I would learn about product design, industrial practice, ect Meantime studying I was working for Pret a Manger as a team leader at front house where I got a 3 NVQ Diploma in hospitality supervision and leadership (QCF), learned a lot about working on a team, leadership, motivate staff members working to tight deadlines and prioritize tasks. At the moment while searching for a creative job I am trading and managing a stall at various Farmers Food Markets in London and I also work as a Cook in a Vegan kitchen. Two weeks ago I took part in a project with refugees and immigrants where the final project was a documentary where all of us expressed individually and artistically the meaning of identity and it got screened at the London Migration Film Festival in South Bank.
My academic and professional profile granted me with advanced knowledge and practice of design computer programs in Microsoft Windows and Mac operating systems, hands on projects where craftsmanship and industrial practice merge, etc I am a very sociable and friendly self-starter individual, with a proven enthusiastic attitude towards every design project I have worked on. I can work well both, individually and as part of a collaborative team. Furthermore, I can adapt very well to new working environments. I’m really passionate about art, design, creativity and human needs and this keeps me motivated at all time.
Work history
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Designer/Makershelf produced lamps and bags
London, United KingdomFreelance
Traded self-produced and handmade lamps and bags. The opportunity allowed me to use my designing and creating skills and experience the vibrant community of artists and designers.
Skills
- Freehand Sektching
- 2d/3d Autocad
- CAD Rhinoceros
- Adobe Indesign/illustrator/photoshop
Education
Lower second class honoursSchool of Art , Architecture and Design, London Met
- London, United Kingdom
2014- 2017 BA (Hons) Furniture Design The CASS - London Metropolitan University, UK This course provided me the training and practice of the whole process of designing an object and producing it myself from the research of the object, the user, the need, sketching, modeling, mock up in cheap materials, prototyping combining sometimes manufacturing techniques with craftsmanship Learned about material’s behaviors, finishes and techniques as can be carpentry (building a wooden object from scratch, turning, steam bending,..), metal work (building an structure from scratch, welding, grinding, filing.. , ceramics, CNC machine, laser cutting,.. - Exhibition Practice: planning, organizing and dividing tasks + sketching, executing, hands on mockups and displays. - Dissertation: Critical writing on ‘’Hyper consumption of lives’’
2005- 09 Superior Studies in Interior Design, Spain The course provided me with knowledge of interaction between objects and spaces, construction, lighting, understanding of the use of colors and materials, etc. It allowed me to use my creativity and imagination whilst meeting the needs and requirements of the clients. Projects were developed by undertaking research and understanding the needs of the market and its users. They were visually expressed through sketches and other techniques, AutoCAD drawings, 3D Max renders and models.