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Full name: Pedro Nakazato Andrade
Birth: 15 . Jun . 1982 | 29 years
Nationality: Brazil
Areas of Expertise
Interaction design; product design
Summary
As Interaction designer for the Human Computer Interaction group at Microsoft Research Asia, Pedro Andrade has helped to build a design culture. Together with researchers and developers he led and collaborated on user-centred projects, creating new design opportunities for body, face and voice recognition. He also has successfully designed and produced video scenarios that envision new contexts of use.
Before Microsoft, Pedro was at Insitum Strategy Innovation and Research as Project leader in São Paulo, Brazil.
Specialties
User-Centered Design
Prototyping Interaction with Video Scenarios
Graphic Design and Communication
Experience
INTERACTION DESIGN INTERN
Microsoft Research Asia
Public Company; MSFT; Computer software industry
May 2011 - Dec 2011 (8 months) Beijing, China
PROJECT LEADER and INTERACTION DESIGNER
Insitum Strategy Innovation and Research
Privately Held; Think Tanks Industry
October 2010 - March 2011 (6 months) São Paulo, Brazil
PRODUCT DESIGNER
Tátil Design
Privately Held; Design Industry
November 2007 - March 2008 (5 months) São Paulo, Brazil
PRODUCT DESIGNER
Indio da Costa Design
Privately Held; Design Industry
February 2006 - November 2007 (1 year 10 months) São Paulo, Brazil
EXHIBIT DESIGNER
Projekta Stands e Comunicação
Events Services Industry
June 2005 - February 2006 (9 months) São Paulo, Brazil
PRODUCT DESIGN INTERN
Chelles & Hayashi Design
Privately Held; Design Industry
June 2003 - December 2003 (7 months) São Paulo, Brazil
PRODUCT DESIGN INTERN
Escritório Modelo de Design Belas Artes
Privately Held; Design Industry
February 2003 - July 2003 (6 months) São Paulo, Brazil
DESIGN INTERN
Be, Comincação
Privately Held; Design Industry
March 2002 - May 2002 (3 months) São Paulo, Brazil
Education
MA INTERACTION DESIGN
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Head of Programme: Simona Maschi
2009 - 2010 Copenhagen, Denmark
BA PRODUCT DESIGN
Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo
Head of Programme: Auresnede Pires Stephan
2000 - 2003 São Paulo, Brazil
Awards
iF Design Awards
Home Furniture
2008 Hanover, Germany
with Indio da Costa Design Team
IDEA Brasil
Home Product
2008 São Paulo, Brazil
with Indio da Costa Design Team
Salão Design Casa Brasil
First place
2007 São Paulo, Brazil
with Indio da Costa Design Team
Skills
CAD | 3D Modeling
- 3ds Max
- AutoCAD (advanced)
- IDEAS
- SolidWorks (advanced)
- Rhinoceros (advanced)
3D Rendering
- Photoworks
- Flamingo (advanced)
- V-Ray (advanced)
Graphic
- Illustrator (advanced)
- Photoshop (advanced)
- InDesign (advanced)
- Flash
Animation
- 3ds Max
- Adobe Premiere
- Sony Vegas
- Final Cut
- After Effects
Languages
English (Fluent)
Portuguese (Native)
Clients
Microsoft
Panasonic
Intelbras
Velux
Lego
Philips
Johnson & Johnson
Nokia
3M
Brudden
Mueller
Tigre
Enermax
Above-Net
Freelance Projects
Agencia Samurai | 2009
-Creation; 3D Modeling; Rendering
Cacau Design | 2008
-Creation; 3D Modeling; Rendering
UA+I Arquitetura | 2007 and 2008
-3D Rendering
Nicobar Group | 2007
-Creation; 3D Modeling; Rendering
Guia Quatro Rodas, Abril (Publisher) | 2005
-Cartography
F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi | 2004
-Creation; 3D Modeling; Rendering; Product Model
Orix Design | 2004
-Creation; Research; Graphic design
Chelles & Hayashi Design | 2004
-Research; Mock-Ups