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Gerson de Oliveira is designer and co-founder of ,Ovo with Luciana Martins. The duo lives and works in São Paulo and have been working together since 1991. They have been awarded four times at Museu da Casa Brasileira, have shown their work in exhibitions such as Experimenta, in Amsterdam, and at the Wall Project at the MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. They have also designed the reading room at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and the Café Bienal, among other important public venues. They have been elected Designers of Year at the Casa Vogue Design Award both in 2018 and 2020.

Education
Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA Summer 2003
Bachelor of Science in Product Design
Pontificia Xaverian University Bogota, Colombia Fall 1997
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design
Experience
Senior Industrial Designer
HOK Product Design Culver City, CA Nov 2013 / Dec 2016
www.hokproductdesign.com
Senior Designer
Espacio Sami Hayek West Hollywood, CA Jan 2012 / May 2012
www.espaciosamihayek.com
Founder
Curve Ahead Design, Inc Pasadena, CA Nov 2006 up to date
www.curveahead.net
Product Design and Development, Furniture Designer
Clients List (Reference upon request):
Disney Consumer Products, HOK product Design (culver city),Sami Hayek Studio, (hollywood, CA),
Orange 22 (Culver City, CA), Dellarobbia USA (Corona, CA), Nova Lighting (Huntington Park,CA),
Disney Films (Culver City, CA), Idealab (Pasadena, CA), Cory Grosser Design (Los Angeles, CA).
1315 Medford RD
Pasadena, CA 91107
Javier Palomares
m. 626 318 9006
javier@curveahead.net
www.curveahead.net
Art Center college of Design Pasadena, CA Jan 2009 - up to date
Associate Professor
Integrated Studies / Environmental
Design
Art Center college of Design Pasadena, CA Jan 2014 - up to date
Associate Professor
Masters in Product Design
www.gradid.net

Recognitions / Affiliations
Neocon / Product Design- Furniture Development
Market Center, Chicago, Illinois
Gold Prize / Contract Conference Tables