Hi! MY NAME is
LAURA ROCA I AM A PRODUCT DESIGNER
PERSONAL REFERENCES
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
COMPLEMENTARY FORMATION
RECOGNITIONS
Calle 15 No. 9-10 La Mina, La Guajira
_Aug 2012 (Present) Founder of Transeúnte Leather hand-made objects Fan page Facebook: Transeúnte
_Sep 2013 One Day Challenge 2013 Roca Gallery Madrid, Spain
_Aug 2012 - January 2013 Free-lance graphic designer
_Feb 2012 - Jul 2012 Leather Course Jorge Gurfein Atelier Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
_Jun 2013 Finalist of ADI-FAD medal 2013 (Industrial Design Association) Barcelona, Spain www.fad.cat
Tel. +57 318 288 9894 E-mail: laliroca@gmail.com Twitter: @laliroca Linkedin: Laura Roca www.behance.net/lroca Birth date: 03/11/1989 Nationality: Colombian
ACADEMIC FORMATION _Jan 2013 - Dec 2013 Master of Product Design Labs Master of Design and Innovation Istituto Europeo di Design Madrid, Spain www.iedmadrid.com _ Oct 2008 - July 2011 Product Design Istituto Europeo di Design Barcelona, Spain www.iedbarcelona.es _Sept 2007 - Aug 2008 Language exchange in France Villeneuve d’Ascq, Lille Programmes Internationaux d’Echanges www.piefrance.com _Aug 1995 - Juin 2007 American bilingual bachelor Colegio Albania Accredited by SACS, [Southern Association of Schools] La Mina, La Guajira, Colombia www.colegioalbania.edu.co
_ Aug - Dec 2012 Collaboration with designer Santiago Restrepo Dosuno Design Bogotá, Colombia www.dosunodesign.com _ Juin - Aug 2012 Commercial Director Guadalupe Martiarena Buenos Aires, Argentina www.peweb.com.ar _Mar 2012 - Jul 2012 Internship Federico Churba Industrial Design studio Buenos Aires, Argentina www.federicochurba.com.ar _Aug - Dec 2011 Internship Dosuno Design Studio Bogotá, Colombia www.dosunodesign.com _Nov 2010 Collaboration I+ED Istituto Europeo di Design Exposition Casa Decor Barcelona, Spain www.casadecor.es _Jul 2009 Arts and Crafts classes children [3 to 12 years old] Artes Plásticas AnnaPaz San Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
_Aug 2010 Charcoal drawing (180 hours) Academia Taure Barcelona, Spain www.academiataure.com
EXHIBITIONS _Dec 3 - 12 2013 Smell the Colors of Curiosity Istituto Europeo di Design Madrid, Spain www.iedmadrid.com _Aug 26-27 2013 Showroom 13 Designer pop up exhibition Stockolm, Sweden www.showroom13.se _Sep 24-26 2013 Sustainable packaging design for the international design centre Bayern Design Nuremburg, Germany www.bayern-design.de
_27 Feb 2012 Project Ceramic chandelier Behance Student Show Gallery www.studentshow.com _12-17 Apr 2011 Semifinalist of the Real 13+Light Salone del Mobile di Milano Zona Tortona Milan, Italy www.real13.eu
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere, Solid Works, Rhinoceros, Vray, Autocad, Office
LANGUAGES Spanish: Mother language English: Bilingual French: High
WORKSHOPS _Design for children with Alberto Marcos www.ninetoninekids.com
_ Apr 30 2013 Exposition “Best design of the year” organized by ADI - FAD Barcelona, Spain www.fad.cat
_ Desk Job with Tomas Kral www.tomaskral.ch
_Jan 2011 The Sketchbook Project Tour International project of sketch books Exposed in The Brooklyn Art Library www.arthousecoop.com
_Design systems and Sustainability Victor Martínez PhD candidate at Northumbria University
_ Abstract to Specific - Katharina Misher www.mischertraxler.com