Wataru Watanabe

Past

• Freelance designer at Wataru Watanabe
• Industrial Designer at Carleton University
• Co-op Industrial Designer at Cuisipro

• Co-op Industrial Designer at Teknion
• Graphic Designer at Geomatics & Cartographic Research Centre

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Education

• Carleton University

Connections

11 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• Online Design Portfolio

Wataru Watanabe’s Summary

Recent university graduate in industrial design with more than an year of professional, multi-disciplinary work experience.

Interests include designing graphics, concepts, games, interfaces and products and visualization/rendering.

Wataru Watanabe’s Specialties:

* Experience in product development, from concept to manufacturing details
* 3D Visualization & rendering using tools such as Solidworks and 3D Studio MAX
* Graphics and web design using Adobe CS2-4 suite
* Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Flash
* Working in multi-disciplinary teams

Wataru Watanabe’s Experience

• Freelance designer

  Wataru Watanabe

  (Design industry)

  2002 — February 2009 (7 years)

• Industrial Designer

  Carleton University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  Designing and managing other colleagues and students for several projects such as:
  - The new graduate program studio
  - School of Industrial Design hallway renovations
  - School websites

• Co-op Industrial Designer

  Cuisipro

  (Consumer Goods industry)

  September 2006 — August 2007 (1 year)

  Junior level designer developing new kitchenware products from concept to manufacture.
  
  www.cuisipro.com

• Co-op Industrial Designer

  Teknion

  (Public Company; Furniture industry)

  May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

  Junior level designer. Roles were:
  - Supporting product development of a modular glass wall system that integrates with existing architecture (Optos).
  - Producing 3D CG renderings/visualizations of the wall system for presentation/sales purposes.
  - Producing graphics and presentation material for internal meetings.
  
  teknion.com

• Graphic Designer

  Geomatics & Cartographic Research Centre

  (Research industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

  Sole graphic designer on a multi-disciplinary team of geographers, technologists and human-factors specialists.
  
  Roles:
  - To design the interface of a interactive web atlases: Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica and Canada's Trade with the World.
  - Redesign of the GCRC website.
  - Support for graphics of other published materials.
  
  https://gcrc.carleton.ca/

Wataru Watanabe’s Education

• Carleton University

  BID , Industrial Design , 2002 — 2008

  - Graduated with High Distinction
  - 1st year in Mechanical Engineering.
  - Completed 5 terms (4 month each) of Co-op.

Additional Information

Wataru Watanabe’s Websites:

• Online Design Portfolio

Wataru Watanabe’s Groups:

•    Carleton University Alumni
•    Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
•    Industrial Design

Wataru Watanabe’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
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