Curriculum Vitae

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Westerdoksdijk 273Amsterdam 1014AD

Netherlands+31 (0)61 641 9777joszczepanska@

gmail.com

EDUCATION

WORKEXPERIENCE ACHIEVEMENTS

11Finalist in the Marimekko, ‘Why not Together’ Competition, Product Design Category.

Presented at the Design 4 Heath Conference, at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.Received the Best Paper Award for ‘Designing

Heath: Incorporating Social and Mental Health into contemporary medical practice.’

Participated in the INDEX: Student Design Challenge ‘11, as expert.

Nominated for the INDEX: Design Award for Who is Who, World Refugee Day game.

Awarded HSP Huygens Scholarship to complete Man and Humanity Masters at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Featured in Eindhoven Dagblad Newspaper regarding Game design for World Refugee Day

Participated in the SIDeR 2010 conference at the Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden.Featured in Design>ED Magazine

INDEX:Aspen Design Challenge Winner (Global Design Competition), for VeggiePatch

Published in INDEX Designing Waters Future handed to all COP-15 Delegates at the

Copenhagen Summit.

Listed in The Age magazine as one of the Top 100 Influential People in Melbourne

Featured on Catapult Program on JJJ Australian National Radio programme

Winner of the Premiers Design Award

Winner of Best of the Best Award (Product) Recipient of the Monash Product Design

Award

Excellence and Equity Scholarship Holder at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Social Design Masters Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands

HSP Huygens Scholarship Recipient

Bachelor of Industrial Design (H1 Honors)Monash University, Melbourne Australia

Equity and Excellence Scholarship Recipient

Bachelor of Industrial Design/ Mechanical Engineering transfer

Monash University, Melbourne Australia

Short courses in Drawing, Adobe and Office Software, Animation, Public Speaking, Public

Relations, and Dutch Language

Interaction Designer at Frog Design AmsterdamVisual Intern at Frog Design Amsterdam

Freelance Design at the Australian Conservation Foundation, graphics, presenta-tions and animation to be used in various events

along the East coast of Australia.

Freelance Design for a range of private clients in the form of video editing and interface creation.

Animations and flash interfaces were created.

Employment at Victoria Police as a VPSG3. Graphics operative, Judicial Support Unit.

February 2008- August 2009. Generation of 2D- 3D animations and graphical materials for high

profile cases to assist in court. Crime scene reconstruction using video editing, flash animation

and 3d modeling. Homicides, assaults, abductions, fraud cases, large scale crimecsenes, mechanical

failures for the Coroner’s Court.

Freelance Design at FutureCanvas, Reforestation project

Production of urban gardening projects, including workshops throughout the community, on how to

grow vegetable, vermicomposting and create gardens in small spaces.

Freelance Design at the Australian Conservation Foundation, Adapting Al Gore’s

Presentation to Australian Audiences to use around Australia as part of their Leadership Program.

Graphic Design.

Freelance Design at Oxfam Australia, Refugee Realities

7 month Creative Intern/ Co-ordinatorSet design and constructions, exhibition design.

Website construction in flash and animations. Producing graphics and illustrations, delegating responsibilities to graphic artists and animating

illustrations. Creation of a full scale refugee camp simulation within the city of Melbourne.

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Blog joszczepanska.tumblr.com

Sitejoszczepanska.info

OTHERTHINGS

• Adobe Creative Suite 3, 4 and 5• Flash, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, Encore• Adobe Livecycle • Alias Maya and Auto Studio• Solid Edge• 3D Studio Max, Vray• AutoCad• Microsoft Office Package including Access• Peoplesize• Basic HTML editing skills

Designing Health ThesisFocusing on the role of Social and Mental Health

in the contemorary medical system and subjective recovery process.

Participated in a Sleep themed workshop facilitated by Shin Azumi ( UK/Japan)

Involved in a co creation workshop involving Impegno, Muzus and homeless men living in the

Hague, Netherlands

Collaborated and co designed health products with a group of young Rhematoid Arthritis

sufferers in Amsterdam

Undertook a 3 month Refugee awareness project with the assistance of Amnesty International

Netherlands, VluchtelingenWerk NL, United Against Racism, Australian Refugee Council, Oxfam and

Vluchtelingen in de Knel Eindhoven.

Participated in a 3 month project in partnership with the Solid House Foundation and the Design Academy Eindhoven, creating training kits and

tools to use in southern Sudan.

Attended SIDeR 2010 conference for Interaction Design, in Umeä Institue of Design, Sweden.

Explored the Milan Fair ( despite the volcano), Venice Architecture Biennale, Utrecht Biennale for Social Design, INDEX Awards Exhibitions, Design

4 Health Show and Dutch Design Week.

Visited the RCA in London, Helen Hamlyn Centre, the Wellcome Trust Museum and Library. Attended a range of lectures and workshops including ones presented at the Design Academy. John Thackara,

OMA, Marcus Fairs, Linda Hansen and Joanna Berzowska. Given a day tours of Theo Jansen’s and Achille Castiglioni’s worshops, OMA Headquarters

in Rotterdam and Muzus in the Hague.

Travelled and couchsurfed, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Sweden, Australia and the UK.

Continues work on VeggiePatch including collabo-ration with UNICEF Supply Division

Victorian Liaison for O2 Australia

In Leadership Group for Futurecanvas Reforesta-tion. Member of BNO, Golden Key International,

Design 21, o2 Australia SOFTWARE

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SKILLS

Cultural anthropology and sociology skills. Knowledge of, and history of using co design tools, and applying practice based qualitative

research

Knowledge of material selection and production processes, and an interest in emerging and sustainable

materials and technologies.

Ability to communicate concepts by sketch work and CAD thought-out the various stages of design, inclusive

of theme boards, finished renderings, orthogonal drawings, videos and animations.

Knowledge in branding and logo design and creation of various types of promotional material.

Ability to animate in 2D and 3D, and produce and edit videos.

Proficient hands-on knowledge of model making and construction, ability to produce various types of

products and furniture in a range of methods.

Practical knowledge of finishes, painting techniques and styling. This includes processes such and SLS

prototyping, Lasercutting, and injection molding.

Able to create molds and cast metal, ceramic, rubbers or plastic. Eight years of woodworking knowledge, as

well as various knowledge of textiles, upholstery techniques, dyeing, embroidering and silk screen

printing.

Experience in creating and reading detailed drafting documents for external manufacture. Applied knowl-

edge regarding costing of materials and ergonomics in design.

Familiarity in formulating research papers and founded rationale documents after consulting with clients.

Experience in Business Planning. Strong Presentation skills.

Polish and English language skills

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