Position:
Footwear Designer 2 at DC Shoes
Location:
Orange County, California Area
Work:
DC Shoes
since May 2012
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Footwear Designer 2
DC Shoes
- Huntington Beach Aug 2010 - Apr 2012
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Global Snowboard Boot Designer
Noovo Design
May 2010 - Jul 2010
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Product Designer
Sikkair
Jan 2010 - Jul 2010
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Freelance Product Designer
Vans
May 2009 - Dec 2009
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Product Designer
Hessischer Skiverband
Dec 1998 - Dec 2008
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Snowboard Instructor (B)
Institute For Technology Based Design Innovations, Offenbach a.M.
Apr 2008 - Jul 2008
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Product Designer
Education:
The Offenbach Academy for Art and Design, Germany 2002 - 2008
Master's degree, Product Design
Griffith University 2006 - 2006
Exchange semester, Product Design
Fachhochschule Darmstadt 2001 - 2002
Bachelor's degree (not graduated), Architecture
Skills:
Product Design, Sketching, Industrial Design, Concept Development, Sketch Book Pro, Mockups, Footwear Design, Footwear Development, 3D Modeling, Adobe Creative Suite
Interests:
Competing in Volleyball & Tennis, Snowboard & Surf, Design, Architecture, Culture, Traveling.
Honor & Awards:
2013
Snowboarder magazine’s 2014 piping hot product picks
DC Shoes ‘Travis Rice’ snowboard boot.
2008
Griffith Innovation Challenge 2008
L'Ollie Skateboards
Innovation Prize Winner 2008
Business planning for action sports start up company.
2008
Shortlisted to final round of "Bavarian Design Awards for upcoming Design Talents" (Staatspreis fuer Nachwuchsdesigner")
Featuring masters project "Endorfin"
2008
Graduating from HfG Offenbach (College for Art and Design Offenbach) with honors
2006- 2007
Scholarship for student exchange program with Queensland (Australia)
and Hessen (Germany); "Hessen - Queensland"
Exchange semester to "Griffith University - Queensland College of Art"
2004
Intermot IVM Design Award
OFX Motorcycle
1st. Prize Category A - Motorcycle Design
Languages:
German (fluent), English (fluent), French (basic)