Érico Gondim for
Kingston
University London
Érico Gondim
for
Kingston
University London
waistcoat for motodriver´s safety year 2008 The aim of the project were to Re design a new waistcoat for motodriver´s safety in Fortaleza. The product with required patent, got new moudeling, materials and a low cost to its users. It has been stablished as a patern waistcoast to motordivers safety. Co-author: Sergio Melo
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CARNAUBA THE RICHESTPLANT IN THE ITAIÇABA´S REGION, THE MAIN RAW MATERIALFOR HANDCRAFT WORK.
THE PALM
HANDMADE
THE STRAW
ORIGINAL CRAFTWORK
ICONS RESEARCH
THINK NEW WAYS OF REPRESENTATION
SKETCHINGS
Carnauba’s straw handcraft year 2001
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IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW COLLORS AND MAKING PROCESS
USIG THE SAME TRADICIONAL TECHNICS
IMPROVING WITH DESIGN APROACHES
PROTOTYPING
HORIZONTAL WOOD CUT
VERTICAL WOOD CUT
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Susteinable furniture year 2007 Furniture project taken at Aruaru Cearรก- BRAZIL The aim of the project was to develop furnitures with low cost with spared wood that has been cut inappropriately and should be used by very small woodworkers as an opportunity to improve their simple production and sale. So the project intend to be susteinable also explroring diferent design paterns through the double color found at this wood in Aruaru.
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SEAKING MAIN REFERENCES THROUGH DYNAMICS
GEOPARK REFERENCES
dinosaurs structures
fossil (decay)
diversity of sediments and layers
Bio jewelery year 2010 An expedition at The UNESCO Geopark Araripe in Cearรก BRAZIL has been the focus for the development of new products to attend visits from all over the world. In partnership with SEBRAE in one week trip, jewleries were developed with the participation of craftsman, goldsmiths and lapidaries. The aim of the project was develop jewleries with low costs. Using concepts related to Geopark based on the earth sediments formed by milions of years the design of rings and necklaces used spared fossil stones found at Geopark, joined with plated gold and leather.
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BONNES REFERECE
MATERIALS SANDWICH
FINAL COLLECTION
LEATHER
GOLD
STONES
The Kangaroo Concept
Briefing Concept reference for development
The way Thiago liked to be caried
Research
Canguri year 2003 Trasport Chair for child with special needs. Fortaleza BRAZIL The aim of this equipament based on Canguru was to give a better quality to a special child with muscle atrophy. It has a seat for the boy and a back protector for the person who carry him. The project has also gained a Honour menssion in a Brazilian Design Award ( 5th Liceu´s Design Award - BAHIA 2004 ) Co-author: Cristiana Vieira
Concept
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SKETCHES
THIAGO AND HIS FATHER
The format of the jar work as a template
The trunk work as the stem of the lamp
As all every living being there is a life cycle of birth, development and death, and it is just after the end of its cycle that the memory left, could be trasformed in a second life use.
Raiz lighting concept year 2011 RAĂ?Z is a project under development that seeks through the concepts of sustainability that make use of natural raw material not been used before and that may represent a second use with no real damaged to nature or to their natural cycles. RAĂ?Z is made of a reuse root of a palm (Rhapis excelsa) that died naturally in a jar and left his memory in its form. The format of the jar work as a template for his new role. The roots as a natural embroided is a cover for the lamp and its trunk as the main lighting pedestal that has been riched with a spiral gold metal.
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CULTURAL REFERENCES
CARNAÚBA STRAW
CARNAÚBA´S BROOM
VISTA DE PEÇAS EXPLODIDAS
INDIANS TIES
etá (the broom´s seat) year 2012 Etá means ‘much’ and also makes part of the brazilian indian´s language also part of the whole brasilian culture. Much are the possible ways to reorganize elements and to inovate new use to objects from our everyday lives, like the broom , one of the most traditionl producs handmaded in Brazil and now can be used as an object of contruction for this new seat. This project has the aim to be susteinable as it valorates carnaúba´s raw material and helps the comunities through their own broom´s production. Etá is a new way to re mean the use of objects.
48cm
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MODULATIONS
GRﾃ：IC PATTERS FOR TIES
mobios(lighting) year 2011 Mobios is a project based on the use of spared fabric rolls, material used for curtains. The object express mobility like a live organism. The gradient of colours was stained manualy and it can assume diferent forms functions.
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Paper sculpture Instalation year 2006 Handmade Paper Instalation fo Lingerie Fortaleza Dragao Fashion Show- Brazil The development were based on paper sculpting cenography. the concept were based on the langerie’s collection with the references on romantism and luxury dolls. Co-author: Sergio Melo
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Fashion Paper acessories year 2009
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the material
the making process
Gold Rain year 2010 Instalation Christmas project for a curtains and persians company. The project has the aim of reusing spared wood courtains for interior design showroom by th time of christmas. The concept of the project was based on rain of gold.
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Fashion cenography year 2011 Fashion cenography made with spared materials such as egg packagings and pizza`s basis. The concept of the project was based on the theme of the event about susteinability for the fashion industry. Co-author: Sergio Melo
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Dragﾃ｣o Fashion BrazilShow Cenography year 2012 Creative Concienceness Project (Cenography) This cenography project for DRAGﾃグ FASHION BRASIL SHOW has the concept based on the title of the event Creative Concienceness. The designers minds has ben represented in 4 diferent ways or styles through the materialisation of ideas like the braingstorming process .
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DESIGNER MINDS BEHAVIORS POSSIBILITIES FOR CONSTRUCTION CUBIST ROMANTIC DARK CONSTRUCTIVIST CIENTIST EXTRAVAGANT FREAK SEXY URBAN ELEGANT ETC
REFERENCE ARTISTS RESEARCH Victor Vassarely / Sabah Naim / Zaid Mustafa / S么nia Guggisberg / Frank Stella
WORK PROCESS
Painting Size: 100cm x 100cm
FIRST PAINTING STUDIES (LEAVING THE SQUARED SPACES)
Painting Size: 140cm x 100cm Painting Size: 100cm x 100cm
Volumeries (Experiments of three-dimention on painting) year 2006/2007 Graduation final work (Visual Art -Painting) The final work for graduation was focused on three-dimensional impressions through the two- dimentional painting. The work has first based on some artist paintings that has the volume as the main carchteristics of their work. The development has gone through by the development of volume paintings and by other references through object and volumes observation.
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NEW APPROACH OF OBSERVATION ( SURFACE DISTORTIONS )
DRAWING STUDIES
Volumetries Acrilic painting over mdf
Tensions and Simphony year 2009 Wall Sculpture for interior Design Decoration. This authoral visual artwork is based on visceral forms. Tensioned strips comes out fluid from inside the wall. Initialy made of acrilic but also made of aluminium strips.
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Érico Gondim Undergraduate Thechnology in Visual Arts CEFET (Federal Center of Thecnological Education of Ceará) 2003-2007
Post Graduation in Creation and Development of Fashion Products (Catholic Coleges of Ceará ) 2009-2011
Thecnic in Design Design Center of Ceará - Dragão do Mar Institute of Art and Culture 1999-2001
High Level Education program Course in Strategy Design (LAB- CE) CRIED ( Centro Ricerche do istituto Europeo di Design - Milan) 2004-2005
Design Thecnology and Arts Wreen School GM, Wellingborough - England 1996-1997
Twelve years of experience in Product Design, Graphic Design Consultancy and practice Other works related: Handcraft design, Visual Arts and Cenography
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