PRESENTHannah Macmurray7-8 Kendrick MewsLondon, SW7 3HG, UKhannah@greencardesign.comtel +44(0)7917300813

My name is Hannah Macmurray, I am the founder of Green Car Design Ltd, publisher of www,greencardesign.com, the online eco-design car magazine. In 2008 I founded Green Car Design Ltd in London, England, as a way to encourage and motivate the automotive industry and designers to think about the environment and the impact of green design.

In 2010 the online magazine www.greencardesign.com went live and since then my team, our readers, and myself have been getting inlolved in making a change for a greener design process. Not only do I run the website as a busness but also speak at conferences, consult on design strategy and sustain-able design, and run workshops to promote green design. This allows me access to a large pool of connections around the world with a particular focus in Europe.

One of the most important parts of the website is the unique trends section that has allowed me to develop a network of colour, trend, and materials resources...amongst them Global Colour in the UK and US, Material ConneXion in Italy, CBi China Bridge in China, and CMF Design in Japan.

My goal is to continue my online magazine and inform people about the positive implcations of green design on the health of our planet. I can bring this environmental expertise and my experience in the automotive field, journalism, and design to any design driven project adding depth of meaning, eco directives and brand value in the process.

EducationAlfred Dunhill Designer New York, New York, USA 1996-1997

- Window display design and production- P.O.P. (point of purchase) design and production- In-house product and graphic design - Trunk show display design and production

Imagination Designer London, United Kingdom Summer 1996

- Concept development of Millenium Experience- Designing public lighting and balustrades for Millenium Dome

Biomorph/ ID Design Designer New York, New York, USA 1995-1997

- Corporate ID, Logo, Branding for MTV Media Kits and L’Oreal Creme De La Mere Logo and P.O.P Display- Developed and designed new Biomorph desk called EXO (still on sale today at www.biomorph.com)

EducationPratt Institute New York, New York, USA 1994-1997 Degree received - Master of Industrial Design

Smith College Northampton, MA, USA 1990-1994 Degree received BA Economics + Fine Arts

SACI Florence, Italy, EU 1993 summer Degree Italian Design and Serigraphy

Universite Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium, EU 1992 fall term European Community Economic Studies

Hong Kong International School Hong Kong 1988 until 1990 High School Degree

Languages Fluent in English and Spanish proficient in French, Italian, and some Japanese

Computer MAC Professional

Nationality British

ExperienceDaimlerChrysler, Mercedes Benz Advanced Design JapanTokyo, Japan Jan 2000 – Jan 2002

DESIGNER

- Trend research management

- Interior advanced and production design

- Product and graphic design

- Color and trim advanced concept development

- Limited exterior production design

- Muti-media presentation design and production

- Worked n internal competition of Maybach, R-Class,

Colour and Trim Japan presentation to Germany HQ

ExperienceHonda Motors, WAVE Studio Japan Tokyo, Japan Oct 1997- Nov 1999

DESIGNER

- Trend research management

- Future advanced concept development

- Showcar colour and trim – managed and designed

colour and trim and product design for Honda’s Tokyo

Motor Show Fuya-jo Concept 1999

- Interior advanced design

- Product and graphic design

- Multi-media presentation design and production

ExperienceHidesignworksMilan, Italy April 2002 – 2006

Owner and Director of design consulting studio with a team of 4, based in Milan. We offered clients services ranging from automotive colour and trim to electrical appliance designs. Trend analysis and show reviews were also common practise as was writing for design journals such as Cardesignnews, Stile Japan, and Quattroruote.

Inspired by the city and the nomadic life that people seemed to experience at the time, we developed our own concept brand Modan. We launched our products at the Salone Satellite two years in a row with OB1, back pack tent, NBT, nomad bath tub, NVC, nomad vehicle cell, and BoWoWoW, nomad pet carrier.

ClientsAssya London - designed corp ID and website

Garde Italia - designed corp ID and website

HMC Productions - brand desi development

Nissan - surface analysis brainstorming

NSBrands Inc - developed POP for cosmetics in Japan

Pininfarina - colour and trim design for many vehicles

Pioneer - proposal for Milan Design Week

Precision-Harvest - design and model coffee maker

Princess - home electrical designs Animalia and Podess

Trenitalia - develop new interior design concepts

Wimpex-Group - develop home electrical designs

WGSN - trend consulting

TeachingI was invited to Rome, two years in a row, to teach and design with the students of La Sapienza University. The nomad workshops were so succesful they are still running today.

ExperienceGreen Car DesignLondon, UK March 2008 – current

Founder and Editor in Chief of www.greencardesign.com, the online eco-design car magazine. After many years in the automotive, industrial design, and graphic design worlds I came to understand that design can be very wasteful and disregards the health of our planet.

I decided to use Online Media to create an environmentally aware design magazine with a focus on urban mobility design. Our mission is to communicate to as many people how important eco design is and how it can change the way we carry out day to day business. Design needs to be sustainable from the ground up, it needs to be considered in a holitic way so that our environment and our health is secure in the future.

In this context I am a speaker, consultant, journalist, and designer of all that is green design. My niche skills in this area are in demand because of the current shift of business priorities based on concerns about the environment and worldwide economic distress. With efficient and eco-focused business design practices in place companies and their brands can secure a fruitful future in global markets. My talent lies in visualising this future!

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