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LIN Tao |
Profile: |
Tao is an interaction/product designer, working hard to be a great interaction/product designer. He's usually a quiet and introvert guy, unless drunk. His curiosity and passion are the biggest propulsion, and geekiness is part of the by-products. But being geeky about too many things often makes him wonder why there're so many exciting stuff in the world. He would put modesty and sincerity as the top qualities his work should have, and that's why he likes questioning, which sometimes would be regarded as skepticism. Apart from that, he enjoys taking pictures with his Hexar 35mm rangefinder, snowboarding, and playing ping pong. From time to time he'll do some traveling and insane things to spice up the otherwise peaceful and mundane everyday life. |
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Education: |
2009 -2011 |
MA Interaction Design, half way through, Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden |
| 2006 -2009 |
MA in Advanced Product Design, Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden |
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| 2002 -2006 |
Bachelor in Industrial Design, Zhejiang University, China; |
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Working Experience: |
2011.04 - Present |
Freelancing for IDEO Munich and Payson AB, Sweden |
| 2010.09 - 2011.04 |
Internship as Interaction Designer at IDEO Munich | |
| 2010.06 - 2010.09 |
Internship as Interaction Designer at IDEO Chicago | |
| 2008.06 - 2008.09 |
Internship as product designer at Art.Lebedev Studio, Moscow | |
| 2007.09 - 2008.03 |
Internship as product designer at Propeller Design, Stockholm |
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| 2005.06 - 2005.08 |
Internship as product designer at an electronics company Bremax, Hangzhou. |
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| 2004.06 - 2004.09 |
Internship at Think Design, Shanghai |
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Software Skills: |
Proficient with Adobe CS5, Cinema 4D, Rhino and Modo. Right now digging into Processing and Action Script 3, but not at an adept level yet. |
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Language Skills: |
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English and Shanghai-ness. Stammer in German. Struggling with Japanese. |
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Some Other Experience: |
He was trekking alone in Svalbard (N78°, the most northern place with permanent inhabitants) for 7 days hoping to see some polar bears which didn't turn up. |