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Kourkoff Vasiliy
concept artist/graphic/transportation/industrial designer

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E-mail: vkourkoff@cardesign.ru
tel.: 339 634 14 09
Skype: Vasilij_Kourkoff
http://vasilijkourkoffjunior.blogspot.com/

Location: Italy
Date of birth: 18.03.1987
Last changes of resume: 09.10.2009

Education

2011-2012 Istituto Europeo di Design , Torino, Italy, transportation design Master of arts
2008 —2010 Istituto Europeo di Design , Torino, Italy, transportation design BA 3 year course
2006 — St.-Petersburg State Politechnical University Mechanic-Machine building Faculty, Industrial design
2002 — Art School (fineart) of Kaliningrad(Russia) (5years), Fineart Graduated with honours

Advanced trainings/courses

2009 — international workshop “emotional mobility 2050” with Chris Bangle, Atsuhiko Yamada, Karim Habib e.t.c.
Italy, san martino., Chris Bangle Design association, gratifying letter

Work experience

Mercedes-Benz Advanced Studio, Sindelfingen, Germany
6 monthes internship
November 2010-April 2011

McLaren sponsored project
December 2009 - July 2010
McLaren BioRenovazio Concept scale model

chief executive officer (CEO)
Cardesign.ru LTD
october 2009 – Present

06.2009 - present, Funzai
lead designer
http://funzai.com/
Creating the illustrations, making-up the games and so on .

Fiat-Chrysler sponsored project
December 2008 - July 2009
Jeep Pygmy Concept - scale model - exposed at Geneva Motor Show 2010

04.2007 - present, Machiavelli Luxury Group
graphic designer
official site of company http://machiavelli.ru/
04.2007 – 11.2008 - office graphic designer. advertisement for on-line boutiques, for international and national
magazines (Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan etc), outdoor advertisement (banners, bills, posters, indoor design of
boutiques etc), retouch, polygraphic, web design, design of packing and so on.
11.2008 - till present time - outsource designer (web advertisement for boutiques, retouch, advertisement
illustrations etc)

06.2006 - 10.2006, General Motors Design Center Europe, Ruesselsheim, Germany
intern
internship GM design Center Europe in Ruesselsheim, Germany
advanced design department
styling department

Additional information

Nationality: Russian
Languages
Russian: mother tongue
English: advanced
German: intermediate
Italian: advanced

Core skills

adobe photoshop, adobe illustrator, freehand, corel draw, sketching, oil painting, entertainment, character design, markers, tempera, pencils, pen sketching e.t.c.
3d modelling autodesk aliasstudio2009
clay modelling

Achievements/competitions

2005 - winner of
VDA Design Award 2005
Segment 2020
ausgelobt vom Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA), Frankfurt am Main und dem Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council
http://www.vda-design-award.de/index.php?id=1203

2006 - participator of AUTOMANIA exhibition 2006 organized by INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRANSPORT DESIGNERS (Ekaterinburg/Chelyabinsk, Russia) http://automania.usaaa.ru/history/automania6/images/kurkov

2008 - 3rd place winner in Rally Fighter Artwork Contest by Local Motors
http://www.local-motors.com/entry.php?e=1991

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