Chiara Ripalti

Multidisciplinary Product Designer.

.Expert in product design and enginnering methods (industrial product executive design)
.Concept Design, R&D
.Expert in materials, manufacturing and production systems
.Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Design for Assembly (DfA) knowledge
.CAD/3D and reverse modeling; technical drawing skills

Chiara Ripalti’s Specialties:

.CAD, 3D modeling, technical drawing and rendering :
ProEngineer, SolidWorks, Rhinoceros, Think Design, Cinema4D, Autocad, SolidEdge.
.Ergonomics analysis : Tecnomatix Jack
.Graphics: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
.Illustrations and free-hand drawings

Chiara Ripalti’s Experience

Product designer

Studio Rovere

(Design industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
Product designer

Prm Design

(Design industry)

February 2008 — June 2008 (5 months)
Product designer

Studio Rovere

(Design industry)

November 2007 — December 2007 (2 months)
Workshop Oblique Design

Deep Design and Garofoli spa

(Design industry)

July 2006 — July 2006 (1 month)
Product designer

Deep Design

(Design industry)

May 2006 — July 2006 (3 months)
Workshop

Workshop Gedy / Politecnico di Milano

(Design industry)

October 2005 — November 2005 (2 months)
Workshop

SAGSA / Politecnico di Milano

(Design industry)

March 2005 — March 2005 (1 month)
Stage product design

Hb Group

(Design industry)

September 2004 — November 2004 (3 months)
Stage product and graphic design

Mac Design

(Design industry)

June 2002 — September 2002 (4 months)
Art course

PRATT Institute of New York

(Arts and Crafts industry)

July 2001 — August 2001 (2 months)

Chiara Ripalti’s Education

Politecnico di Milano

Interfaculty Master Degree Course -Design, Materials and Mechanical Engineering- Design&Engineering 2007 — 2009

Mechanical drawing; Mechanical engineering studio; Productive system and technology; Reverse engineering; Materials and finishes; Virtual prototyping; Advanced design; Reverse modeling.

Activities and Societies:

Thesis: A cost quality model for the sheet-metal designer: abrasive waterjet, CO2 and Fiber laser cutting processes.
Application: benchmarks for cutting of titanium parts.
Politecnico di Milano

Bachelor of Science, Product Design 2003 — 2006

Drawing and industrial design studio; Technological design cuture; Materials for design; Design of structures; Art, design and architecture history; Meta - design studio; Environment and culture; Project's instruments; Business management; Society and communication; Mathematics; Visual communication; Technology and production.

Activities and Societies:

Thesis project: Rotomoulding exhibitions system
Università degli Studi di Firenze

Interior design course 2002 — 2003
Art School Passaglia

Art and graphic design 1998 — 2003

Additional Information

Chiara Ripalti’s Websites:

My Portfolio

Chiara Ripalti’s Interests:

All that is design and much more...

Chiara Ripalti’s Groups:

officina creativa

Politecnico di Milano Alumni
Art & Design
SoftwareEngineering
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
Officina Creativa
2D and or 3D Top CAD Experts
Mobile Applications 'n' Design
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CENTER | Networking and innovation platform for Industrial Product Designers
Retail Industry Professionals Group
DEVELOP, DESIGN, CREATE, MANUFACTURE, BRING TO MARKET!
Design Research
Product Design
SolidWorks
CAD software users
Yachting Industry Networking Group
Plastic Injection Molding
3D Modelers and Designers
CAD Freelancers
POLI.design - Consorzio del Politecnico di Milano
Cool hunters
CONNECTING DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS