Luis González-Camino Calleja Curriculum Vitae Updated Oct 05
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born in Madrid, January 19th 1982 living in San Francisco, CA, USA email luis luiscamino com |
Education
| 05 - 08 | Transportation Design BFA, Academy of Art University, San Francisco | |
| 00 - 03 | Three year Graphic Design degree, Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid. Average qualification in all three years: 8.6/10. Final qualification: 9/10 | |
| jun 00 | University entrance examination Average qualification: 8.4/10. | |
| 98 - 00 | High School of Arts, Santa Clara High School, Santander. Average qualification: Distinction. | |
| 95 - 98 | Secondary Education, Castroverde School, Santander. Average qualification: 8/10. | |
| 88 - 95 | Primary Education, Castroverde School, Santander. | |
Working experience Mostly as a freelance
| 97 today | More than 20 national (Spain) and international websites and several corporate identities, developed from scratch assuming and managing all steps of the creative and production process. Some clients and examples: Movistar, Cantabria Nuestra, Camino Paisajistas (website), E.V.Racing, Suertegestión, Juan José Medina Arquitectos (website), KBS Interior Design (website), Berlín Cabaret, Hotel Villaesperanza (website, logo), AntiAntenna Recordings (logo). | |
| dec 02 today | Independent online journalist in several websites produced and edited personally: ClubSonyEricsson.com (currently with more than 250.000 monthly unique readers), Autoblog.es (spanish independent blog about the automotive industry), and Avantglance.com (showcase of worth-checking stuff of any kind). | |
| 99 03 | Graphic designer at Ekei.com, Greek web design firm. Several websites and corporate identities. | |
| nov 00 feb 02 | Graphic designer and programmer at Cyanuro, Spanish global design firm. Websites for the Spanish Navy Institute (including the development of an e-learning platform), Trucco (clothes brand) and Cepsa (second biggest Spanish oil company). | |
| sep 03 oct 03 | Logotype design giveaway for poorly designed technology-related websites (PDArentals logo, Mobileburn, ThreeGmobile, Ausmobile, Surmobile). | |
| 00 | Several bill and entrance ticket designs for Pacha Santander nightclub | |
| jun 00 | Graphic designer at Capta, interactive design firm. Website for Repsol (biggest Spanish oil company). | |
Non-working experience Stuff for my own
| 98 today | Visuality.luiscamino.com, portfolio / personal showcase of all my graphic-related activities. Featured in several magazines and weblogs worldwide: Shift, Holominds, Amok One, Derush, Moluv, Copyrightmagazine, Annuo, Perfornika, Designerslife... |
| jun 03 | Corporate identity proposal for MUSAC, the Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León (Spain). The main interest of this proposal was the use of Electronic Ink in traditional "static" and "physic" medias. Click on the link to see the whole presentation. |
| may 02 | Essay on mobile phones interface, especially focused on interface failures and successes, and on the actual reasons for the Nokia success (in Spanish). |
| 97 today | More than 80 visual works done for my own and for several award-winning sites and projects worldwide such as Suffocate.org, Backfolder, "Head Full of Art" magazine, Creative Behavior, Subte.com, Impulso.org, Holominds and Cerdo. |
| 98 today | More non commercial graphic design works such as logos, cd sleeves, bills, entrance tickets, software skins, etc. |
| 99 today | Several typographic designs. |
| always | Car designs and sketches of my own. |
| 99 - 00 | Several industrial designs, theoretic development and design of a variety of objects: mobile phones, cutlery, in and outdoor furniture such as chairs, tables, ashtrays, etc. Since fall 05, production of working prototypes at the Academy of Art University. |
Other experiences and facts
| mar 03 | Invited and attended to the Microsoft Möbius 2003 Event along with 25 of the most influential mobile device bloggers from around the globe. | |
| jan 03 | Selected along with other 7 designers worldwide to make proposals for the website design, strategy and software interface design of MSN Messenger Plus. | |
| oct 02 | Interviewed in Avatar magazine (W-Ezine.org). | |
| 00 | Finalist in Viocorp Logo Design Contest. | |
| 99 | Finalist in AEP Logo Design Contest, Spanish Association of Landscape Designers. | |
| 96 | Finalist in Corel National Design Contest, packaging section. | |
| 97 today | Took part in several design contests: Corel International Design Contest (97 - 98), The Green Room CD cover Design Contest (98), Creative Index Spain Cover Design Contest (99 - 99), Schweppes Design Contest (00), El Quijote de La Mancha fourth centenary Logo Design Contest (02). | |
Skills
Skilled in graphic design (creation and production process) and almost all its variations.
Execution of every creation task and completion of every decision by taking into account all possible points of view, necessities and objectives.
Proficient in Windows and Macintosh environment. Both enough to rapidly adapt to any kind of application or task.
Proficient in Vector Imaging (mainly Corel Draw, and adaptable to Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand).
Proficient in Bitmap Imaging (Corel Photopaint and Adobe Photoshop).
Proficient in HTML and dHTML programming (manual coding as well as WYSIWYG software like Macromedia Dreamweaver).
Knowledge and skills of Macromedia Flash technology.
Knowledge of Wireless Markup Language (WML), ActionScript (Flash Script), JavaScript, PHP, MySQL and Macromedia Director.
Native language: Spanish. Fluent in English. French basic understanding and knowledge. German basic knowledge.
Interests
Cars, Graphic design, Technology (computing, mobile devices, gadgets, HiFi, future, etc.), Knowledge, Society behaviors, Progress, Strategies, Marketing, Advertising, Music, Cinema, Photography.