Cesar Harada

Current

Architect assistant at Haque Design + Reseacrh
Coordinator, designer at Open_Sailing
Student at Design Interactions, Royal College of Art (London)

Designer, Performer at SUPERsomething (Netherland)
Designer, performer at MIDI6, Design, Event organisation, Performance (France)
Owner at cesarharada.com

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Past

Assistant of Natalie Jeremijenko, museo Reina Sofia Madrid at Urban Space Station
University teacher, Graphic design in Architecture school at National Superior School of Architecture of Versailles (France)
Animation film maker at Ecole Nationale Supèrieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (France)

Animation film maker at Nagaoka Museum of Modern Art (Japan)
Writer and designer at Pompidou Center Paris
Designer, fund-raising strategy at Pure Water Project (India)
Graphic Design Student at Central Saint Martins
Artist, Installations at Central Saint Martins, London Streets (Self-employed)
International Interaction Design Workshop Administrator at Beyond the screen (international)
Invited Artist at Polychronopoulos Museum Athens (Greece)
Animation film assistant at William Kentridge, La Poudriére (France)

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Education

Royal College of Art
Université Vincennes-Saint-Denis (Paris VIII)
ENSAD Ecole Nationale supèrieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris

Ecole nationale supérieure de Création Industrielle
ENSAD Ecole Nationale supèrieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris
Ecole nationale supérieure de Création Industrielle
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Ecole Boulle
École Boulle

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Cesar Harada’s Summary

My family was in constructions and crafts, my father is a monumental sculptor on granite. I have been studying crafts, design and the arts. I have been also practicing martials arts and travelling alone since I am a kid. I love working on creative and innovative design, art, performing, organisation projects. I can work very hard and independently but I also can work well in teams, I have lot of positive energy and drive, I'm good at managing people and plan with budget and strategy goals on short and long term. I have worked in various positions : international interaction design workshop organiser, assistant traditional carpenter in Japanese mountains, teaching graphic design in architecture school, animation film production assistant, exhibition curator, translator, film-maker screened in festivals, Graphic designer for corporate identites, webdesigner for fashion designers and charities, advisors in commercial strategy for the art business, art direction and building manager for national political events in France ...
I'm interested in radical creative design, especillay when it includes technology.
I'm fluent in french and english, good spanish and japanese oral, understand portuguese. I'm very serious about work, social and flexible.

Cesar Harada’s Specialties:

High-energy creative, Coordinator, Brain-stormer, Analyst, Design strategy, Mission man

Cesar Harada’s Experience

Architect assistant

Haque Design + Reseacrh

(Design industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Working with Dot Samsen for Haque, Design + Research on the "Natural Fuse" project : Natural Fuse harnesses the carbon-sinking capabilities of plants to create a city-wide network of electronically-assisted plants that act both as energy providers and as shared "carbon sink" circuit breakers. By sharing resources and information between the plants energy expenditure can be collectively monitored and managed. Project dealing with plants, electronics and web applications.
Coordinator, designer

Open_Sailing

(Shipbuilding industry)

November 2008 — Present (9 months)

Together with a growing group of people, involving designers, architects, biologists, sailors, gardeners, programmers we are developping technologies to inhabit the oceans sustainably. It is a huge project, the perspective is the fabrication of the International Ocean Station (like the international space station). In the first place, we are developping the overall architecture, the behaviour (operating system) the infrastructure (physical API), ways to feed ourselves and produce our own energy and movement.
The project is definitely open, join !
Student

Design Interactions, Royal College of Art (London)

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Design industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

I'm currently a student in Design-Art-Technology.
Designer, Performer

SUPERsomething (Netherland)

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

I dance, make animation film, stage design and music for this professional contemporay dance collective based in Netherland.
Designer, performer

MIDI6, Design, Event organisation, Performance (France)

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)

April 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

We are about 10 people usualy hired for events, stage design for theater, complex and original enginering mecanic sytems for public spaces.
Owner

cesarharada.com

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Design industry)

September 2001 — Present (7 years 11 months)

I have the capability to raise a team of talented creative people in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Tokyo if necessary.
Assistant of Natalie Jeremijenko, museo Reina Sofia Madrid

Urban Space Station

(Biotechnology industry)

June 2008 — July 2008 (2 months)

Design and development of the station, construction, managment, performance and maintenance. Public relations, documentation, programming.
University teacher, Graphic design in Architecture school

National Superior School of Architecture of Versailles (France)

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Graphic Design industry)

September 2006 — February 2007 (6 months)

I realy enjoyed teaching graphic design. I was teaching to 40 studnts (in 2 groups) mostly with Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and final Cut Pro. I was also teaching arts applies and new medias history.
Animation film maker

Ecole Nationale Supèrieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (France)

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Animation industry)

October 2005 — July 2006 (10 months)

I designed and built a cycling-rowing-sailing-boat on which I travelled to make an animation film with landscapes. I edited in a very experimental and powerfull way. This film was screened in festivals in France, UK, Russia, Japan, Italy, Greece, Spain ...
Animation film maker

Nagaoka Museum of Modern Art (Japan)

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

December 2005 — January 2006 (2 months)

I was comissioned to make experimental animation films for the museums spaces.
Writer and designer

Pompidou Center Paris

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

March 2005 — June 2005 (4 months)

I wrote, directed photography, designed and published a 336p. book in 3 languages on the work of my father Tetsuo Harada sculptor. This was printed at 6000ex. and exported world-wide.
Designer, fund-raising strategy

Pure Water Project (India)

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

December 2004 — May 2005 (6 months)

Just after the 2004 Tsunami on south-east Asia, I decided to help. I contacted the costal villages devasted by the tsunami where some friends of mine were living. I decided and created within 2 days a website to collect international funds, and in a month we collected 93,500 USD, so we were able to buy desalination pumps to provide vital water for hundreds of people of every cast.
http://unknownuser.info/-cesarharada/cesarharada.com/200501purewater/200501purewater.htm
Graphic Design Student

Central Saint Martins

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Graphic Design industry)

September 2004 — February 2005 (6 months)

Graphic Design exchange student, specialised in Audio-visuals and animation
Artist, Installations
Central Saint Martins, London Streets (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Arts and Crafts industry)

October 2004 — January 2005 (4 months)

Doing exhibitions and artistic actions in London, usualy particpative sculpture installations.
International Interaction Design Workshop Administrator

Beyond the screen (international)

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

I initiated and organised an international interaction design workshop in Paris with Elise Co, Alumni of John Maeda at the MIT. We explored what new relationship can be created between the computer and the user's body beyond the traditional interfaces boundaries.
Invited Artist

Polychronopoulos Museum Athens (Greece)

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

June 2004 — July 2004 (2 months)

I was commisioned to make 4 large artworks for the Olympic games Athens 2004.
http://unknownuser.info/-cesarharada/cesarharada.com/200406athens/athens.html
Animation film assistant

William Kentridge, La Poudriére (France)

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

May 2004 — June 2004 (2 months)

Assistant of a large hands-on pixelation animation film.

Cesar Harada’s Education

Royal College of Art

MA , Design Interactions , 2007 — 2009

Activities and Societies:

Futurology, Design strategy and concept, Prototyping, In situ experiments
Université Vincennes-Saint-Denis (Paris VIII)

MA , New Medias, Contemporary arts , 2006 — 2007

downloadable on Cesarharada.com

Activities and Societies:

Wrote the essay "Force-Feedback systems, Technology_Sociology_Activism_Arts.
ENSAD Ecole Nationale supèrieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris

2001 — 2007
Ecole nationale supérieure de Création Industrielle

2001 — 2006
ENSAD Ecole Nationale supèrieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris

2001 — 2006
Ecole nationale supérieure de Création Industrielle

Short course , Product Design, Boat Carpentry , 2005 — 2005

Activities and Societies:

I built a boat on which I travelled and worked with.
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

exchange , Graphic Design, Audiovisuals , 2003 — 2004
Ecole Boulle

Bacclaurate , Arts applied, crafts , 1998 — 2001
École Boulle

Bacclaurate , Applied arts, crafts , 1998 — 2001

Additional Information

Cesar Harada’s Websites:

Cesar Harada’s Interests:

Design, Technology, Arts, Performance, Strategy, Team management, Travelling, Physical work

Cesar Harada’s Groups:

http://www.agirpourlenvironnement.org/, Ars Longa Paris 75011

Royal College of Art
Ecole Boulle
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs
Ensci - Les Ateliers, French national institute for advanced studies in industrial design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture de Versailles
London UK, Local Network
Paris, France, Local Network
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, Local Network
Stanislas anciens/alumni
Europe