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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