Sofia Garcia-Noriega

sustainable product design, product design, industrial design

Sofia Garcia-Noriega
Born: Mexico City

Languages: Spanish (mother tongue) and English

Hard working, trustful, cheerful, organized and flexible
Enthusiastic and collaborative, good teammate,
Skilful in both PC and Macintosh

Professional Experience

Aug/05-Aug/07 Phuze Design S.A. de C.V. http://www.phuzedesign.com/
Mexico City Design assistant of the owner and senior designer

• Design of custom made products
• Producing working drawings
• Building rendered models
• Supervise production
• Keep track of shipments
• Assisting clients with their orders
• Arrange orders from suppliers

Jan/05-July05 MXDF: Taller de Investigacion Urbana
Mexico City Collaborating designer and researcher

• Collaboration in the design and production of a Mexico City’s urbanization
book
• Content research

Aug/04-May/04 Secretary of Public Security
Mexico City Collaborating designer

• Development of the new traffic control modules
• Direct research
• Supervise production

June/04-Aug/05 Personal jewellery business
Mexico City Director and main designer
• Design and produce customized pieces of jewellery
• PR
• Arrange orders from suppliers
• Design packaging
• Sales person
• Administrate cash flow

Sept/03-Present Studiojakai
London, UK Collaborating designer

• Design and development of environmental and social conscious products
• PR

Educational Background

UCCA at Farnham, Surrey UK Sept/2007-Sept/2008
MA Sustainable Product Design
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City Aug/2001-Dec/2005
BA Industrial Design (Honours) Qualification: 9.41/10

Software Skills

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Alias Studio
• Alias ImageStudio
• Alias Maya
• Mechanical Desktop
• Autocad
• Macromedia Flash
• Office

Awards and Honours

• Runner up in the Competition Let’s mUve sponsored by KIA motors Dec/2007
• Granted with the British Council’s Chevening Scholarship July/2006
• Honours distinction in the BA Industrial Design Dec/2005
• Published on award booklet in Designboom and Swarovski’s contest “Tiles
with Crystals” with the project “Belly Button” Sept/2005
• Distinction from the Secretary of Public Security, Mexico City May/2004

Publications

• Design Diffusion Bagno Magazine, Italy Jan/Feb2006
• Designboom Award Booklet, Italy 2005