eszter imre

designer and ceramic artist

Switzerland
"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

I am a driven and passionate designer and visual artist with a multidisciplinary background and years of colourful experience in product design, design management and creative problem solving. With sensitivity and great respect I daily participate in shaping the changing landscape of the international design field for the better.
As a designer I am efficient, creative, reliable; as a person I am curious, trustworthy, witty and full of love for life. I offer a versatile and unusual skill set that is key and crucial to a successful business of our new fast–changing era and digital society.
Such as an inspired eye, compassion and empathy on a personal level; and the exiting combination of manual knowledge of the tangible, user psychology, and solid digital skills with great verbal and visual communication as a professional.
I can bring you the unexpected in many different shapes.

Work Experience

Imreszti

Freelancer designer and artist building the brand imreszti

I am a freelancing in my own business designing and creating all sort of objects (both functional and non functional) mostly made of ceramics. I am building a yet small brand called imreszti for my own quirky creations.
I manage all areas myself, keeping control over the quality of the work to offer perfection.

I participate in different design and art projects, custom design for companies or privet persons, create installations, exhibit around the world, participate in artist in residence programs and many other. I am open to all and look for the impossible tasks to challenge myself and my field. I take on consultancy in product development, field invention, production matters and I conduct cross field research.

I custom design or licence my designs to companies who are willing to produce fine and challenging products either in collaboration with crediting my name or to their credit with confidential agreement.

Freelance designer and artist focusing on custom design, special projects, new product development, field innovation and collaborative projects, production adviser and design consultant mostly in the luxury goods/home decoration sector and social design

Example of clients: Vista Alegre, Herend Porcelain Manufacturer, Haviland,
Kahla Porzellan, EKWC, Guldagergaard, Taoxichuan Jingdezhen, Ladenac,
Prezi, Volvo, Ich agency, Kastello, Darktown, TipTheTop, Uncommon-
goods, Danfoss Hungary, Swiss Family Travel and many others.
January 2009 - Present Sweden

Porcelain Factories In Europe

Consultant, Artist in Residence, Experimental designer

Freelance designer and artist focusing on custom design,
special projects, new product development, field innovation and
collaborative projects, production adviser and design consultant
mostly in the luxury goods/home decoration sector and social design

I custom design or licence my designs to companies who are willing to produce fine and challenging products either in collaboration with crediting my name or to their credit with confidential agrement.

Designer in Residence at
2020 Vista Alegre/Atlantis, Ilhavo, Portugal vistaalegre.com
2012 Haviland, Limoges, France haviland.fr
2011 Herend Porcelain Manufactury, Herend, Hungary herend.com
2010 Kahla Porzellan, Kahla Kreative, Kahla, Germany kahlakreativ.com

I travel where ever porcelain is. I have been to factories and porcelain businesses in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Spain and Hungary for experimental project and to develop curious new possibilities for products or art works.
2010 - Present

Lladro

senior designer

Lladró is an iconic brand in the luxury sector. I designed their modern interior accessories, functional objects, lighting and jewelry collections as well as leading design innovation beyond their usual manufacturing techniques. Responsibilities: NPD, research, concept and product design, project management, support to marketing team with visual merchandising, window display design, product presentation, written and visual content creation. I had the pleasure to work with Marcel Wanders, Jaime Hayon, Bodo Sperlin and Hisakazu Shimizu on their collaborative projects.
2015 - 2018 Spain

Isho Design

Designer and international communication manager

Isho is an interior design studio based in Valencia, lead by 4 powerful woman. Here, beside the usual product design challenges, I handled the day to day verbal and written communication with all international clients, visualisations and held all presentations in English, as well as translating between collages and clients.
2019 - 2019 Spain

Education

University Of Gothenburg, Shool Of Design And Craft

Master in Design

2013 - 2014 Gothenburg, Sweden

University Of Gothenburg, Shool Of Design And Craft

Master of Fine Arts

2009 - 2011 Sweden

University Of West Hungary, Institute Of Applied Arts

Designer artist (MA)

Studies in product design, graphics, packaging and ceramics
2005 - 2011 Sopron, Hungary

University Of Pecs, Art Faculty

Fine arts, Sculptor

2007 - 2008 Pécs, Hungary

Languages

English (Fluent),
Swedish (Conversational),
Hungarian (Native),
Spanish (Conversational),

Awards

Konstnärsnämnden

Arbetsstipendium

2015

Officine Saffi Gallery

Award of Museo Carlo Zauli

2014

Hertha Bengtson Stiftelse

Hertha Bengtson Award

2013

City Of Limoges

Awarded with an Artist in Residence for the International Porcelain Competition of Limoges

2012

Hungarian Design Cuncil

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Design Grand

2011

Arjowiggins

Your Curious Story

2010

Zepter International

Artzept 2007

2007

Skills

Adobe Illistratos, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Canna, Ceramics, Custom Design, Design, Design, Drawing, Exhibition, Glass, Graphics, Graphics, Installation, Paper, Porcelain, Product, Product Developement, Productdesign, Projectmanagement, Prototyping, Research, Rhinoceros, Sigma, Sketching, Tableware, Visualmerchandising, Wood,