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About
• 16 years of professional experience through working as Docent, Head of Design Seminar, Founder and Creative Director, Head Designer, Guest Lecturer, Student Tutor
• Almost 15 years of experience in providing design consultancy and services in the areas of product & lighting design; furniture design; interior & exhibition design; spatial graphics & corporate design; fashion & textile design
• Almost 15 years of experience in projects conceptualization, design and visualization; design management, product design by using classic and advanced manufacturing and prototyping technologies through working for KAKO.KO design studio
• Has gained knowledge of design methodology through 14 years of her professional life
• Experience in developing, writing, reading and evaluating projects in the fields of creative industries, sustainable design and socially engaged design subjects.
• Ability to adapt to multicultural environments, acquired through study and work experience abroad
• Has good communication skills acquired through work experience in the positions of program manager, team leader, head designer and lecturer.
• Proven experience on production lines & machines in the furniture industry, wood / metal / textiles / plastics; technical & technological processes in lighting industry; production lines & machines in the textile and fashion industry; the execution and realization of interior design projects
• Knowledge on marketing, management, finance and accounting
• Extensive experienced with handmade plywood; processing of metals, TIG welding; polyester and epoxy resins, making of molds and zero pieces; casting ceramics and porcelain; modeling and tailoring; handmade textiles (batik, ikat); weaving on vertical and horizontal loom; handmade paper
Membership of professional bodies:
- "Golden key” - member of the expert jury for the Belgrade Furniture Fair award. (2015)
- NGO “Deca u Srcu” - a humanitarian organization for helping children with disabilities, Arandjelovac
- InCentar- Center for Inclusion, Innovation and Integration, Belgrade. (Since 2014)
- Nova Iskra design incubator, Belgrade. (Since 2010)
- Aalto University alumni (Since 2010) -
Education
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Certified seminar Social EntrepreneurshipPapilot Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia2015 - 2015Professional training - social manager - Development of Business and Strategic Plan, Social Entrepreneurship / mentor Stojan Zagorac - Psychological workshops, working with sensitive groups / mentor Ines Gregoric
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Master of Arts Furniture DesignUniversity of Art and Design, School of Design, Helsinki, Finland2001 - 2004Master of Arts A: Orientation to Studies, 2001 B: Workshop Courses: - Ready-made / Stefan Lindfors, 2004; - Personal / Boris Berlin, 2003; - Design Laboratory / Richard Hutten, 2003; - Re-design / Petri Nisunen, 2003; - Seating Labarotry / Yrjo Kukkapuro, 2003; - Scales / Maarten van Severen, 2002; - Stool / Peter Hjort-Lorensen, 2001; - Food / Martin Relander, 2001; - Light / Timo Salli, 2001 C2: Diploma work: “Fold to Form” C3: Theoretical and Conceptual Seminar I+II Sustainable Development Minor Subject Studies in Wood Studio, 2002-03 Minor Subject Studies in Textile Studio, 2002-03
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BA Interior Architecture Interior DesignFaculty of Applied Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia1995 - 2000Bachelor of Arts - Interior design (I, II, III, IV and V year) - Furniture design (II, III, IV and V year) - Urban design (IV and V year) - Styles in the interior (IV and V year) - Modern architecture (III and IV year) - Architectural structures (III, IV and V year) - Knowledge of materials (IV year)
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Technician Industrial DesignSchool of Design, Belgrade, Serbia1991 - 1995Vocational high school - Design of industrial products (II, III and IV year) - Draft geometry (I year) - Perspective (III year) - Designing (III and IV year) - Construction structures (III and IV year) - Work on the model - woodworking (III and IV year) - Working on the model - metal processing (III and IV year)
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Experience
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DocentBeograd, SerbiaOct 2016 - Present (8 years 2 months)October 2016 - present
Education - university
- Furniture design basics (BA level: II, III year)
- Lighting design basics (BA level: II year)
Lecturer and Project Supervisor: individual & group student projects. -
Head of Design SeminarValjevo, SerbiaApr 2013 - Present (11 years 8 months)Education - independent scientific research, high school level.
Lecturer and Project Coordinator: product design, individual & group projects. -
Founder / Creative directorArandelovac, SerbiaDec 2012 - Present (12 years)Social Entrepreneurship
- Project development, supervision and coordination: socially engaged design.
- Organization of inclusive educational and creative workshops for youth and children with disabilities.
- Design, development and production of sustainable design products/spaces. -
Founder / Head designerOrasac, SerbiaNov 2004 - Present (20 years 1 month)Creative Industries
- Design agency: providing design services in the areas of: product & lighting design; furniture design;
interior & exhibition design; spatial graphics & corporate design; fashion & textile design.
- Design production: development of final products, one-off and serial production; organization of solo
and group exhibitions, participation in national and international design events.
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Guest LecturerBeograd, SerbiaOct 2010 - Jun 2016 (5 years 8 months)Education - university
- Furniture design basics (BA level: II, III year)
- Lighting design basics (BA level: II year)
Lecturer and Project Supervisor: individual & group student projects.
- Presentation Techniques (BA level: 1st Year)
- Associate lecturer Visual form (BA level: 1st year)
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Industries
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@vesnapejovic, member since 2018