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// 1999 2000
Internship with the Brazilian designers
CAMPANA BROTHERS (http://campanas.
com.br/). The internship consists of assist-
ing then in a wide range of tasks: develop-
ing concepts,images, produce products
and prototypes.
N1 armchair: frst design piece designed
and manufactured over the mentorship of
the Brazilian furniture designer Carlos Motta
(http://www.carlosmotta.com.br/).
// 2000
N1 armchair was selected to be exhibit
in the Nacional furniture fair in Brazil and
received a Good Design Certifcate.
Invited by professors to design a wide
range of offce furniture Using solid wood
and MDF for the head-quarters of IMA-
FLORA (Institute for Agricultural and Forest
Management and Certifcation). IMA-
FLORA is a non-proft Brazilian organiza-
tion established in 1995 to encourage both
conservation and sustainable use of natural
resources and promote social benefts in
the forest and agricultural sectors.
// 2001
Final project at the FAAP (Fundao
Armando lvares Penteado): by laminating
wood and coconut fbber. The objective
was to substitute part of the wood and
design a bench that could be of any size. In
the end 25% of the wood was substitute by
the fbber.
Graduated with maximum score.
// 2002
Start working for TERRA DESIGN of Lars
Diederichsen (www.terradesign.com.
br). The studio develops work with small
communities around Brazil focusing in
craftsmanship and self-sustainability as well
industrial furniture. Period: 4 months.
Invited to present the N1 armchair and ITU
chair/bench at the exhibition D&D Novos
Talentos do Design de Norte a Sul do Pas
(New Talents of Design from North to South
of Brazil Awards.
Invited to attend a workshop regarding the
possibilities of Copper given by the Proco-
bre institute. Period: 2 weeks.
Concurso Latino Americano de Diseo El
Espritu del Cobre (Latin American Copper
Design Awards) - Ideograma copper lamp
was selected for the exhibition in the Na-
tional Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires
Work as a freelancer at USO studio of
Wladimir Iglesias Filho developing all
graphic presentations of projects, research
of new materials for future projects and
3D for several furniture, lighting and object
companies in So Paulo.
Develops the logo and stationery of the
designer/architect Pedro Useche (http://
www.useche.com.br/).
// 2003
First sketches for the mimo Chair, based in
same material of the Sandals Havaianas.
Mimo project was selected for the exhibi-
tion and received the Best Furniture awards
at Museu da Casa Brasileira design awards,
the most important design awards in Brazil.
Work as a freelancer for DPOT, ORRO
& CHRISTENSEN developing furniture
projects.
// 2004
Collaboration with the company QUICK-
PLAST to develop a furniture that could
promote the PMPT technology (Planar
Modular Production Technology) used by
them.
OTTO project was selected for the exhibi-
tion at Museu da Casa Brasileira, the most
important design awards exhibition in
Brazil.
Later on the organization Brazil faz Design
select the Mimo chair for an exhibition
regarding new Brazilian designers at the
Design week in Milan, Italy.
Later on the Mimo chair was selected for
the exhibition and received an honour men-
tion of Best National Design at the MvelSul
Design Fair.
// 2005 2006
Work as a freelancer designing concepts,
furniture and presentations for the architect
LEO SHEHTMAN (http://leoshehtman.com.
br).
Period: 6 months.
Work as a freelancer for TETOMC (www.
tetomc.com.br) with artistic direction of
TRYPTIQUE (http://triptyqueblog.blogspot.
nl) developing furnitures projects.
Selected by LADF (Latin American Design
foundation) for the exhibition of the 2
Biennial of Latin America in Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
Through the invitation of Design Excel-
name: Thomaz Ribeiro Bondioli nationality: Brazilian and Portuguese languages: Portuguese (native), English (high),
Spanish (medium), Italian (low) status: single characteristics: enthusiastic, warm person, communicative, direct and honest.
EDUCATION
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
// 1997 - 2001
Industrial Design at FAAP (Armando Penteado Fundation)
// 2009 - 2011
Contextual design at Design Academy Eindhoven.
PERSONAL INFO
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lence Brazil the OTTO project was selected
to represent Brazils Design in the frst
Brazilian selection for the IF Design Awards
selection in Germany.
Later on the OTTO and MVVI tables were
selected for the exhibition at the MvelSul
Design Fair.
// 2006
Work under contract at UNIVERS Design
studio of the architect and graphic designer
Marcelo Afalo developing under his su-
pervision concepts, catalogs, logos and
its full range of applications. Responsible
for design, organize and implement all the
graphic signalization of the ELDORADO
BUSINESS TOWER in So Paulo amongst
other main clients. Period: 2 years
// 2007
Highlight designer in the talent category,
one of the three selected fnalists of the
Design Award TOP XXI Mercado Design.
// 2008
Coordinator in the celebration of: 100
years of Japanese immigration at the MAM
(Museum of Modern Art) assisting Issey Mi-
yakes creative director Mr. Dai Fujiwara and
Susumu Shinohara to build-up the A-POC
inside installation.
Work as chief designer at LEONARDIAG.
Acting as main designer coordinator
responsible for the cosmetic company
CLINIQUE stores. The main Tasks include:
be in charge of the design, fnd suppliers for
collaborations, follow production amongst
different suppliers, be the main link be-
tween the CLINIQUE and LEONARDIAG.
Period: 1 1/2 years
Invite to be one of the 8 designers selected
by GAD Innovation (www.gad.com.br) in
collaboration with the Brazilian furniture
association to develop a project for 8 re-
nowned furniture industries in Brazil.
// 2009
Started the Contextual design at Design
Academy Eindhoven.
// 2012
LOTA studio is founded in NL.
Invited by contain[it] to develop products
with discarted containers sheets culminat-
ing into a exhibition at Design week SP/
Brazil.
DDW - The project Consumer Labouratory
was exhibit in the collective C-FABRIEK, an
exhibiton that was selected by FRAME as
one of the highlights of the DDW.
self initiated projects.
// 2013
Invited by Kunst Reserve Bank (http://www.
kunstreservebank.nl/) to develop a display
for the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
DDW- collaboration with Pablo Calderon,
creator of TOM. The Other Market made
part of the Graduation Show of the Design
Academy Eindhoven. The collaboration
consists of creating a plataform to debate
issues like trust in return of services or
products. In this case an unusual guide-
book of Eindhoven was created by LOTA.
self initiated projects.
// 2014
LIVO eyewear - Concept and production of
the pop up store of LIVO, at Oscar freire,
Jardins in So Paulo, Brazil. Collaboration
with Kico (Superlimo studio) and Helena
Camargo ( H2C Architecture).
RELEVANT SKILLS
RELEVANT PERSONAL INTERESTS
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