Simon Rapisarda - Industrial designer, freelance

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Work Background

Self-employedFreelance Industrial Designer

Nov. 2008GlobalOver 14 years experience in helping inventors, product design consultancies, graphic agencies and major FMCG companies realise their "big ideas" through unique and innovative design. This includes the managing of the creative process to develop concepts from initial sketches right through to CAD, prototyping and manufacture ready packages. Services include: - Sketching and conceptual development - Illustration - 3D modelling and realistic concept visualisation - Patent and Intellectual property (IP) illustrations and renderings - Prototyping - Testing - Technical specification development for manufacturing.

Pagani AutomobiliMaster Thesis

Sep. 2023 - Apr. 2024Turin, Piedmont, Italy1st Phase - Group of 6 to research of a concept and history of pagani. 2nd Phase - 24 students' individual design proposals sent to pagani out of which 3 were selected. 3rd Phase - Group work of 3 selected proposal into 3 teams of 8 students out of which one was selected as final thesis proposal. 4th Phase - Final thesis proposal was divided into teams of Exterior, Interior, Alias modelling, CMF (Color Material and FInal) and Rims. Final presentation of the thesis project was on April 10, 2024.

Cactus rackIndustrial Designer/Co-Founder

Dec. 2012 - Mar. 2024Sydney, AustraliaResearch, design, development, manufacture, concept graphical elements involved in setting up in launching an online product. This project was also a finalist in the 2014 Sydney Design Awards.

University of New South WalesTutor for design studio and technical illustration

Feb. 2012 - Nov. 2016KensingtonProviding industry experience and assisting Senior lecturers in the teaching of studio and drawing classes. This role includes project direction, marking, presenting to the class a variety of topics, and managing up to 20+ students during practical exercises.

UFO display solutionsIndustrial Design Manager, Studio Manager and Project Manager

May. 2013 - Nov. 2015Sydney, AustraliaSupporting the Sales and Marketing Director in developing the Sydney office of UFO Display Solutions based in Melbourne. This role includes re-branding and strategy of the company, as well as creative direction and design, engineering drawing production, project management and sales support to Sydney-based clients.

Advanta DesignJunior Industrial Designer - Advanced concept development

Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2009Calgary, Alberta, CanadaJunior Industrial Designer with Advanta Design Group in Calgary, Alberta. As part of the advanced concept development team, my main role was developing strategy and conceptual design validation using visualisation, rough models and mock-ups. These concepts were resolved and then translated into a 3D model to be developed into a pre-production prototype and handed over to the operations team.

Research InternationalConceptual Artist & Graphic Illustrator

Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2007Freelancing as a Conceptual Artist and Graphic Illustrator for Research International based in Sydney, Australia. Duties included quick renderings and illustrations for focus groups as new concepts and ideas were generated. These concepts were later refined and collated for presentation to the client.

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