Juan Restrepo

Industrial designer with experience in user research, user-centered design, and product development of consumer electronics, consumer goods, and interactive systems.

Along with my career, I have acquired proven design leadership abilities in fast-paced product development environments and the capacity to deliver high-quality design solutions across multiple and varied design challenges. I am a self-starter with proven time management, project and resource planning, organizational tools, and techniques.

DESIGN MINDSET

I am always looking for new ideas, more streamlined processes, or ways to optimize workflows, team collaboration, and elevate experiences. A critical, creative, and curiosity-driven mindset is the base of my design process and resulting changes, allowing me to deliver meaningful products and services aligned with the needs of businesses and end-users.

My design approach encompasses user-center insights, contextual factors, and state-of-the-art technologies as the creative materials to transform ideas into actionable and meaningful experiences that respond to the challenges of our evolving society.

Work

Through the last 8 years of design, I have had the opportunity to work with all-sizes worldwide companies, such as Electrolux, Samsung Electronics, LG, and Rocca, as well with start-up companies, design studios, and governmental organizations such as USONO, Avanix, Bompas & Parr, Van Berlo, Design2Gather, The British Red Cross and The Design Museum.

Besides my industry-driven background, I have worked as a design researcher and Ph.D. promovendus at the Industrial Design department at the Eindhoven University of Technology. I have conducted design research on wearable technology for recreational sports. In this role, I led the Vitality Studio and worked with local and nation-wide parties such as the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research, NOC*NSF The Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation, 2M Engineering, Eindhoven City, Fontys School for Sport Sciences, Innosportlab, Delft University, and Vrij Universiteit Amsterdam.

Roles

• Senior Industrial Designer | Design2Gather. June 2021 - Today

• Industrial Design Consultant | Phormat Design. June 2016 - Present

• Interaction Design Researcher | Eindhoven University of Technology. March 2018 - February 2022

• Mid-Level Industrial Designer (Promoted) | USONO - High Tech Campus. June 2017 - March 2018

• Industrial Designer | USONO. June 2016 - June 2017

• Industrial Design Entrepreneur | TuTaller Design. January 2014 - December 2015

• Industrial Designer Intern | Plasma Design. January 2013 - July 2013

Education

• M.Sc Industrial Design | Eindhoven University of Technology

• B.Sc Industrial Design | Pontifical Bolivarian University UPB Medellin

I have received international awards and recognitions by different organizations and venues, as well as granted a Scholarship by the Colombian Administrative Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation to conduct my master’s studies abroad. 

• Patent design in collaboration with TCL Technology Hong Kong 2021

• Gold Award - 1st Place award at the TCL Award Next Flexible Display, Hong Kong 2021.

• Honor Award Scientific Publication at Design Interactive Systems DIS 2021.

• 1st place award at MEL Creathon 2021 Lille, Belgium, and the Netherlands “Sport, Health and Design” for leading the design and execution of Act2Gather, an augmented reality playground.

• 1st place award of the Rocca Design Contest – Special Edition Barcelona 2020, for the design of Lux, a sanitary solution to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 1st place award at the IEEE Brain Hackathon 2018 at the Hasso Plattner Institute, Berlin for leading a multidisciplinary team in the design of ThINK, a functional Brain-Computer Interface for motor-impaired patients.

• Academic Scholarship granted by the Colombian Administrative Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation to conduct my master’s studies abroad.

• 1st place award at Design2Gather Shanghai 2016 for the concept design of an interactive water bottle for children.

• Selected among the World Top 35 best young designers by Electrolux Design Lab, Sweden 2014.

• 1st place award by the Haceb Proyecta Appliances Design Competition, Colombia 2013 and 2015.

• Awarded with ‘The best academic project’ during my bachelor studies. 

e: porcamilo@gmail.com