Roberto P.

- 20+ years experience in Industrial Design - 5+ years experience in producing photorealistic renderings for product visualization and advertising My experience as a designer started as an apprentice at Marc Sadler studio in Asolo (Italy). I came to his studio as a 3d modeler expert, and had the chance to get involved in some of the most innovative design projects for the time, such as the first ever back-protector for motorcyclists. After that I started working self-employed on own projects while still co-operating with mr. Sadler in his new Venice studio and later in Milan. That provided me all the experience needed to handle projects beginning to end in their various aspects: from the first sketches to 3D modeling for aesthetic evaluation; from handling relationships with customers to transferring data for manufacturing models and molds. Over time I got involved in projects covering the most different typologies of products, such as, for example: - sports: biker protectors, ski and motocross goggles, shoes, snowboards, helmets, bicycle frames and parts. - bath and wellness: bathtubs, shower cabins, ceramic sanitary-ware, water taps, accessories. - household appliance: irons, coffee machines, conditioning systems, microwave ovens, fans, espresso machines. - house and kitchen accessories: glasses, scales, pots, plastic tableware - general items like perfume dispensers, wrist-watches, cell phones, industrial sewing machines, usb stick data storage, PET bottles, gardening tools, hospital beds and waste containers, home automation systems, water dispensers, visors for portable players and many other. And, of course, various kind of furniture, from tables to lamps, from chairs to sofas. I've been involved as technical intermediary for one of the biggest Chinese prototyping companies. I'm an occasional lecturer for a private Italian University, teaching "class-A" surface modeling for industrial design and automotive design. More recently, I've been elected as a reference designer for a leading toys and baby feeding products Chinese company. In the past, I have also been working with two important advertising agencies making the most out of this experience to improve my photographic rendering skills and my ability to render “real-life” images of the products I'm working on. I would define myself an “old school” industrial designer more than a designer in a “fashionable” sense.