Ana Paula Santos de Avila
Designer
Auckland, New ZealandI’m a product designer and currently I’m working in developing solutions for the retail experience/shop fittings market. I came to live in Auckland on late January 2019, but between middle April until end of July that year I had to return Brazil to finish my Master’s Degree. During my academic and professional life I discovered two passions inside the field: product design itself and textiles. As a consequence, I already have experienced both areas as a student and as a professional. I consider myself proactive to learn new skills and play in interdisciplinary fields, always trying to search connections between my acquirements and what is proposed.
Work Experience
UPO Limited
Designer
Activities: Development of concepts and renders; SolidWorks 3D Modelling; Technical Manufacturing Drawings (2D); 3D Rendering (Visualize and PhotoView360); Marketing and Graphic Material elaboration, like brochures, flyers, technical documents, etc.
February 2019
- Present
New Zealand
Koa Estampa & Design
Designer-Founder
Activities: Development of a new small business – Creation, project and manufacturing the products and the patterns; Administrative Activities; Marketing and Sales.
February 2016
- June 2018
Brazil
Divina Natureza Comércio Indústria De Móveis E Objetos Decoração Ltda
Project Intern
Activities: Chronoanalysis and Timing of the productive processes; Technical Product Detailing; SolidWorks 3D Modelling; KeyShot 3D Rendering; Cost Sheets elaboration and Product pricing (ERP System); Attendance in Assembling and Finishing processes implicated in the projects of high decoration furniture.
August 2014
- August 2015
Brazil
Ma's Donuts And More
Couterperson
Work Experience abroad to improve English language skills.
December 2011
- June 2012
Rhode Island, United States
Education
Udesc
Master Degree in Apparel Design And Fashion
The subject-matters of my Master's research were sustainability and solid textile waste and, as a result, I developed a diagnostic tool to measure in which level - inside a trajectory towards sustainability concerning the solid textile waste generation - a company is located.
July 2017
- July 2019
Florianópolis, Brazil
Ifsc
Superior Technology in Product Design
Professional qualification at a technological level in Furniture, Utilities, Packaging and Electronics Design. In my final project I developed a printed tote bag based on the functions of the industrial products (practical, aesthetic and symbolic) - project entitled as "Camboa Tote Bag" in my portfolio.
February 2010
- July 2015
Brazil
UNSW
Sandwich Graduation in Design
Sandwich scholarship provided by the Brazilian government program "Science without Bordes", where I spent a year studying at College of Fine Arts in University of New South Wales (UNSW-COFA), Australia. In this year, I particularly involve myself to learn different subjects from the ones I could learn during my graduation at IFSC, dedicating my studies to the fields of Fashion, Textiles and Jewellery Design.
August 2013
- August 2014
Australia
Languages
Portuguese (Native),
English (Advanced),
Spanish (Beginner),
Awards
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Keyshot,
Microsoft Office,
Photoview 360,
Solidworks,
Visualize,
COMPLEMENTARY WORKSHOP AND COURSES
Digital Textile Design: Repeating Patterns Short Course (on-site)
Year: 2020 / Workload: 12h
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) / Auckland – New Zealand.
Pattern Alteration and Design (on-site)
Year: 2020 / Workload: 16h
Selwyn College / Auckland – New Zealand.
Surface Design Workshop with Renata Rubim (on-site)
Year: 2019 / Workload: 16h
Renata Rubim Surface & Color – Corá Space / Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil.
Workshop – Planning and Performance of a Collection to the Fashion Retail’s Market (on-site)
Year: 2018 / Workload: 08h
Arts Centre (CEART) – State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC) / Florianópolis, SC - Brazil.
Fashion Garment Datasheet Workshop (on-site)
Year: 2018 / Workload: 08h
Harumi’s Sewing Studio / Florianópolis, SC – Brazil
Photography Workshop (on-site)
Year: 2018 / Workload: 30h
Artistic and Cultural Department (DAC) - Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) / Florianópolis, SC - Brazil.
General Course of Intellectual Property (distance)
Year: 2016 / Workload: 75h
Nacional Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI) / Brazil.
E-Commerce (on-site)
Year: 2016 / Workload: 60h
Nacional Service of Comercial Learning (SENAC) / Florianópolis, SC - Brazil.
Hand Drawing Illustration (on-site)
Year: 2011 / Workload: 120h
Nacional Service of Comercial Learning (SENAC) / Florianópolis, SC - Brazil.
Year: 2020 / Workload: 12h
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) / Auckland – New Zealand.
Pattern Alteration and Design (on-site)
Year: 2020 / Workload: 16h
Selwyn College / Auckland – New Zealand.
Surface Design Workshop with Renata Rubim (on-site)
Year: 2019 / Workload: 16h
Renata Rubim Surface & Color – Corá Space / Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil.
Workshop – Planning and Performance of a Collection to the Fashion Retail’s Market (on-site)
Year: 2018 / Workload: 08h
Arts Centre (CEART) – State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC) / Florianópolis, SC - Brazil.
Fashion Garment Datasheet Workshop (on-site)
Year: 2018 / Workload: 08h
Harumi’s Sewing Studio / Florianópolis, SC – Brazil
Photography Workshop (on-site)
Year: 2018 / Workload: 30h
Artistic and Cultural Department (DAC) - Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) / Florianópolis, SC - Brazil.
General Course of Intellectual Property (distance)
Year: 2016 / Workload: 75h
Nacional Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI) / Brazil.
E-Commerce (on-site)
Year: 2016 / Workload: 60h
Nacional Service of Comercial Learning (SENAC) / Florianópolis, SC - Brazil.
Hand Drawing Illustration (on-site)
Year: 2011 / Workload: 120h
Nacional Service of Comercial Learning (SENAC) / Florianópolis, SC - Brazil.