Teaser 2010

Jean-Baptiste De Clercq

Product Designer

I am looking for a design position in a manufacturing environment, for a brand, a factory, a supply chain management company.

I have during few years, cross diversified industries, Bags, accessories, mobile phone, furniture, electronics, POS and retails solution. I consider Design as global expertise, focus on the creativity for the user, the customer. Lead by the user cur-rent and future behaviors, the market knowledge, the produc-tion knowledge, without them creativity can’t be realistic.

Freelance

2004/2009 Product Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Web Design, Illustration, France.

Language French (Native)

English (fluent)

Chinese ( learning)

Softwares

HTML

Industrial Projects: Arcadia, Architecture, October 2004 Gaz De France contest

NordDesign Centre, Interior, February 2005 Client: Unibail, and ISD

Litill, Transportation Design, February 2006 Client: European Taxi association

XO2, Transportation Design, September 2007 Client: XOR Motors

School Workshop: “Classic and Ikea”

“The Numeric’s convergence & Harman Kardon”

Diplomas

Engineering Product Design ManagerMaster degree, 2002/2007

Institut Superieur de design, Valenciennes, France

Level A Arts Applied 1999/2002 Institut Saint Vincent de Paul Loos France

Design experiences

SQCC part of OSM group Product design manager, 05/10 >10/10 , link the design team with the production. Enhance the production with new technical application. Dongguan, China.

PCH International 10/09>03/10 Product design, creative, Design development. For bags, electronics, accessories. Shenzhen, China.

Freelance 2004 > current Product design, graphic design, design development, Bags, electronics, household appliance, accessories. Europe, China.

Chocolate Agency, 05/07>10/07, Shenzhen, China.

Spannagel Design, 09/05 > 02/06, Koln, Germany.

Pilotes PLV, 06/04 > 09/04, internship Quesnoy-sur-Deule, France.

Samsonite, 06/03 > 09/03, internship Oudenaarde, Belgium.

French 31/08/1983

www.product-designer.eu jb.design@hotmail.fr postmaster@product-designer.eu 136 3171 6001 Chinese work permit

Jean-Baptiste De CLercq Product Designer

Experience Resume

I was also in charge to improve the production capabilities by the design expertise, understand and communicate the produc-tion tools, process, materials, techniques and help the design team to integrate this knowledge in their concepts, as on feasi-bility as on innovation aspects.

Based in the OSM group’s factory, my mission was to link the design offices with the production reality. Manage the DFM, anticipate production issues in the concept phase, help design-ers to handle the technical feasibility, give them alternative concepts, find out solutions in the development steps and, in balance, keep the design essence.

SQCC/OSMDesign development manager 2010/05 > 2010/10Dongguan, China

Follow these concepts with the engineering teams, resolves production issues in factories, work closely with the samples, and production teams during the concept development stage.

The mission was basically to handle project’s phases, support the development teams and answer to all design tasks.

Under the design management, my mission was to deliver adapted concepts for worldwide market leaders, mainly in the consumer electronic field for their in-box or branded accesso-ries. Pouch, cases, sleeves, for computer, mobile phone, camera, those products were designed to match the customer expectations, as in term of visual ID unto the production cost.

PCH intlproduct designer2009/10 > 2010/03Shenzhen, China

Leather wallet case for Dell StreackOfficial Dell accessory for the Streak phone, developped in PCH. I was in charge of the concept development, artwork, sample round, CFM, production follow up.

Analysis allow to review the context, enlight projects main point, goals, or issues. To axe the design work, give a clear strategy, clear and strong in front of all project’s actors.

Design start always by a good understanding of the request.

Projects are always global; it requires to understand the situa-tion, the environment first. As about commercial field, commu-nication, customer point of view, production tools, or user crite-rions.

Analysis

The direction, whatever if it is cosmetic, technical, a material, or else help to conceive, develop until communicates the project.It is a guideline for all actors, to help defining the project values, essence. It is a reference to make and keep choices during the conception process.

Each projects, Clients, products are unique, they own from a commercial and marketing environment which evolve with time. Design requests a strategy for project launch, to lead it.

Design Direction

translate the creativity. to enlight the Idea details, goals. Present the Concept opportunity by simple views, explanations, to be understood by everyone.

From cosmetic, technical, marketing, from user behaviors, Concept ideas could come from different observations, ideas, and fields.

Their illustration are also diversieds, Sketches, Photoshop or Illustrator renderings, 3D works, every technics are good to

Creativity

Anticipate issues, simplify the construction, play with it in the concept development.

Explain it, communicate it, to be understood by all actors. Leave no gap for any troubleshooting.

To make it feasible, it requires a strong investment in the con-cept development, in the artwork and CFM steps. To keep the design integrity from the concept to the factory.

Understand the technique, the production criterions, enhance the design by it. Translate the concept into a product.

Feasibility

It is a part of the communication work, product designer has to insure, be able to present as in-house as for the customer or the user, and it allow to "sale" the project. Insure a good understanding of the project concept, goals, and universe.

During projects, employments, Freelance works, graphic design has follow the product design work.

Applied in different fields such as logo, print, catalogue or web, graphic design is deeply linked with the product work by the Identity.

Graphic Design

The display, the lock, the bracelet are each a rotation move-ment. Their axis are on the three dimention direction.

To maintain it, the entire watche is hold by pressure of the stainless steel frames, locked by rivets.

Time definition could be translate as a geographical position on an orbit. Years, days, hours are all earth’s position coordinates on its orbit arround the sun, a position of the sun in our sky. Inspired from representation of the solar system, two lenses evolve on two ruler disc, and determine, hours and minutes.

Orbitpersonal project

This design is managed unto every small detail, up to the writ-ing point shape, which use all the Design code, from the form shifting, to the bumped pattern process. It mades of titanium, silver, platinum for the body; secondary elements, such as the ring and the clips, are made in gold. Those materials and patterns bring diversity into the user choice.

The emotion is the base of this pen, and it is brought by the feelings. Here the visual and touch senses are called, to give the desire to Write. The entire Design, form, shape, style process, are focused on emotions, the pleasure to write, to handle the pen, to express yourself.

Fountain Penfreelance

Based on the 95mm/55mm/20mm, Cera is one of the smallest cameras of the market with a 35mm optical zoom.

You can bring it with you, in your pocket, your bag; you can use it when you want, where you want.

Small, compact, and effective! Easy, mini and green! Those are the values of Cera. Provide a digital camera, pocket sized, easy and didactic, focused on a daily life use, for everyone. How to be sustainable? With commons industrial technologies, integrated not as a concept but as a normal constraint.

Cerapersonal work

Dimensions and weight are optimized for comfort, driving plea-sure, and security. For people or company it can become modern urban surf, silent, compact, fast, economic, clean.

Currently on the market

New approach of the electric motor technology, more than propulsion, it brings to the rider new uses, advantages, experi-ences.The XO2 is a normal urban scooter with the ability to fold itself. It can be transported as a luggage into your home, your office, your shop, your bus or your train.

XO2School projectP.Fichet Delavault, M.CHrost, J.Laurent, B.Bomy.

How about the letter scale product? About it, 2 observations:

- The visibility, most of the current model screen are oriented on horizontal or vertical - We need to know price most than the weight, to pay the post

Tail is a concept; an idea from a 30 minutes creativity test during an interview.

Letter tailPersonal project

Sketches &Drawings

Feel free to contact me for more informations, more details about my work, my experiences, my design.

jb.design@hotmail.fr / postmaster@product-designer.eu

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