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Hello

I'm Roberto Nicolo, a London-based freelance designer. Here you will find a showcase of my design experience and capabilities alongside a supplementary collection of typical project deliverables.

About

Freelance Senior 3D Designer with fifteen years’ experience designing brand environments and products of all types. I bring brands to life within a space with strategic and conceptual thinking, strong narrative and considered design detail.

I have an in-depth knowledge of art, design & architecture and a strong technical background, with a BA (Hons) in Industrial Design, CAD, materials and production techniques and an MSc in Industrial Product & Services Project Management.

I work mainly as Experiential Designer at the moment, however my project experience includes
live events, trade show exhibitions, conferences, brand experiences, product launches, brand activations, museums and heritage, retail, POS, retail displays, festivals, gala dinner events, sets and staging, product and lighting design.

Provide leadership through all the phases of a project from Ideation (Strategy, Concepts and Visuals)
to the Implementation (Technical Drawings, Production, Construction).

Also, I am the founder of Etherin Ltd, an award winning lighting brand that designs and manufactures objects of complexity and ethereality which tell a story of our diverse culture. - etherin.co.uk

Services

Support and resource from early-stage research through to design and manufacture: - idea and scenario generation;
- concept design & development;
- 3D modelling & rendering;
- CAD draughting;
- engineering development for manufacture;
- project planning and management.
- space planning and layout optimisation;

 

toolbox

I am proficient with a wide range of industry-standard software and I work on Mac and Windows platform.

My primary softwares are:
• Adobe Creative Suite – own licence
• SketchUp Pro – own licence
• SketchUp Layout – own licence
• Rhinoceros – own licence
• Lumion – own licence

 

Experience

2017- 2023 Freelance Lead / Senior 3D Creative
2018 - 2023 Etherin Ltd, Founder & Creative Director
2018 - 2018 Jordan design Ltd, Uk / Lead Designer
2015 - 2017 Nicholasalexander Ltd / Head of Design
2014 - 2014 Global J&L Trading, Uk / Senior Designer
2012 - 2013 Innermost, UK / Lighting & Furniture Designer
2010 - 2011 On Lab Design, Italy / Founder & Designer
2009 - 2009 University of Naples, Italy / Assistant Professor
2006 - 2008 Move it Design, Italy / Junior Product Designer

EDUCATION

2009 - 2011 University of Naples
MSc Industrial design and services project management

2005 - 2008 University of Naples
Bachelor of Art (Hons) Industrial Design

1999 - 2004 ITIS Galileo Ferraris
Industrial information technology Diploma

Languages

Italian - Fluent
English - Fluent
Spanish - Beginner
Portuguese - Beginner


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