Juan Restrepo
Industrial Designer
I am a problem-solver. A thinker as well as a maker. A curiosity-driven human.
"I conceive the design process as the act of anticipating to create successful and meaningful products that respond to diverse and complex challenges of our evolving society.”
+31 06 2445 9880
Bio
Senior industrial designer and design researcher with 8+ years of experience focused on consumer goods design, UX/UI as well as a strong focus on technology, sports, and advance concept design.
Through the last 8 years of R&D and design, I had the opportunity to work with all-sizes worldwide companies and academic organizations. This has allowed me to develop a set of diverse skills and resources to tackle the design process from a transdisciplinary approach.
Senior Product Designer
Phormat Design - June 2016 - Current
Work focused on technology and connected consumer market products. Emphasis on design consultancy, contact with interdisciplinary stakeholders, UI/UX design, concept design, user research, advanced 2D and 3D visualisation, prototyping, CMF and manufacturing techniques.
Design researcher - Academic profile
Eindhoven University of Technology - March 2018 - Current
Design researcher of digital and physical interfaces and interactive products focused on user-centred design, wearable technologies, and connected systems for sports and active life. This role involves user research methodologies, analytic and scientific thinking, leadership, educational, communication and managing skills.
Product designer
USONO - High Tech Campus - June 2016 - March 2018
Worked on designing wearable and ultrasound products for the sports and healthcare industry. Responsible for user research, product design, UI/UX, advanced prototyping, and manufacturing processes.
Design Director
TuTaller Design - February 2014 - October 2015
Worked as a design director and product designer, responsible for the home goods design and production team. Lead and managing role.
Innovation leader assistant
August 2013 - December 2013
Worked as an assistant teacher at the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.
Skills
Design: Product design, UI/UX, user-centered design, design thinking, user research & research-through-design, business & entrepreneurship, sketching, graphic and communications skills.
Prototyping and realization: Interactive electronics (sensors and actuators), circuit design, 3D printing, CMF, digital fabrication, production processes, woodwork.
Languages:
-English (business/academic competence complete)
-Spanish (native)
-Dutch (basic/learning).
Software: Advanced CAD modeling (Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Solidworks, Fusion 360, Key Shot), Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, Animate, Adobe XD), Figma, Procreate/Digital sketching, Office tools and web design.
Programming tools: Arduino, Processing, Grasshopper.
Master Industrial Design - Interaction and Product Design
2016 - 2017
The Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Bachelor Industrial Design
2008 - 2013
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
Honors & Awards
Excellence and high-quality deliverables and results are always at the core of my process
Winner of Gold Award - 1st Place of the TCL Award Next Flexible Display, Hong Kong 2021. More
Winner 1st place at MEL Creathon 2021 Lille, Belgium and the Netherlands "Sport, Health and Design". More
Winner of the Rocca Design Contest – Special Edition 2020: Sanitary solutions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. More
1st place at the IEEE Brain Hackathon 2018 at the Hasso Plattner Institute. Project Think: Brain-Computer Interface for motor-impaired patients. More
Scholarship granted by the Colombian Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation to conduct my master's studies abroad. More
1st place of Design2Gather Shanghai, China 2016: concept design competition of interactive toys for children. More
Selected among the World Top 35 best young designers by Electrolux Design Lab 2014, Stockholm, Sweden. More
1st place Home Appliances Design Contest 2013 and 2015: Awarded twice by Haceb industries
Awarded with ‘The best academic project’ during my bachelor studies.