EDUCATION

 

2014 - 2017      

Bachelor of Arts HES-SO in Product and industrial Design specialised in Jewelry and Accessory Design in HEAD – Genève, Geneva

This design training is open to jewelry, watches, accessories, glasses, etc. From industrial design to high jewelry including contemporary jewelry. This program is enhanced by workshops and mandates led by specialists.

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2010 - 2014

Federal Certificate "CFC" and diploma in jewelry with qualification "Maturité professionnelle" in EAA-CIFOM, La Chaux-de-Fonds

Traditional jewelry making studies and the creation of contemporary jewelry. This training offers an opening on different artistic practices, from sculpture to painting, photography, graphic design ...

 

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EXPERIENCE

 

June 2018 - Now

Product Designer at Saldum Ventures in Alicante : watch and sunglasses design for Hawkers Group brands

  

November 2017 - May 2018 // 7 months

Intern - Watch designer at White Brand Design (Neuchâtel) : design for different luxury brands

 

September - November 2017 

Consultant - Marquetry of mother-of-pearl at Mélanie Georgacopoulos in Geneva : supervised by Tiffany Bähler, freelance jewelry design / product developer (Geneva)

  

November - December 2016 // 2 months

Consultant in post-production of photos at Agua de Oro (Geneva) : retouching photos on Photoshop for the 2016 Christmas campaign

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May - July 2016 // 2 months 

Internship - Jewelry designer at Sophie Hanagarth in Paris : design development, artist assistance, prototyping, new edition of an existing collection, jewelry making and contacts with suppliers. Supervised by Sophie Hanagarth, goldsmith-plastician (Paris) 

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2013 - 2017 

Workshops :

 

Set of jewels for Adler : three pieces painted with the gouache technique - supervised by Charlotte Pittel, jewelry designer at MAZARIN & cie (London), Elena Di Florio, production manager at Adler (Genève), Antoine Peillex, jewelry designer at Adler (Geneva) and Tiffany Bähler, freelance jewelry designer (Geneva)

 

Set of jewels for Piaget : two pieces painted with the gouache technique - supervised by Vicky Sarge, jewelry designer and director of VICKY SARGE (London) and Marjia Iva Djordjevic, jewelry designer at Piaget (Geneva)

 

Collections of pens for Caran d'Ache : four collections drawn with Adobe Illustrator - supervised by Claudio Colucci, designer (Switzerland - France - Japan - China)

 

Watch design for the ski brand Zai : one piece drawn with Adobe Illustrator and modeled with Evolve - supervised by Nicolas Mertenat, watch designer and co-founder of Blancarré SA (Delémont - Geneva)

 

Enameling : initiation supervised by Brigitte Decugis, enamel artist (Geneva)

 

Jewelry sketching : formation at UFBJOP of Paris - supervised by Sylvie Ballivet, painter and teacher (Paris)

 

Engraving, linocutting and lithographing : training at AKDT of Belgium - supervised by Guy Langevin, artist (Trois-Rivières) and Maria Pace, engraver (Liège) 

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Mokume gane and granulation : initiation supervised by Caroline Friedli, independent jeweler (Delémont)

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AWARDS

 

2014  

Jury Prize of the SwissSkills contest, Swiss Jewelers Championship, for the piece "L'Or"

 

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS - Selection

 

2015 - 2017

"Quand les perles sortent du rang", Annick Zufferey Gallery, Carouge (CH)

 

"Design Days 2017", Pavillon Sicli, Les Acacias (CH)

   

"Projets PIAGET Jeunes Talents 2016", Boutique Piaget, Geneva (CH)

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"Salon d’Art Contemporain Libr’Art", Libramont (BE)

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SKILLS

 

Languages :

French, english, spanish and german

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Competencies :

Product design, sketching, painting, jewelry making, metal working, prototyping, mood board creation, graphic design, marketing communication, gemology, etc.

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Software skills : 

Adobe Creative Suite : Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom 

CAO : Rhinoceros 3D, Evolve - SolidThinking, SolidWorks

Page, Excel, Word

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