MARCEL VESGA



Current location/

Hamburg, Germany

Specialties/

• Design research, Concept Design
• Industrial (product) Design
• Interaction Design
• 3D Modelling (Rhinoceros+Vray)
• Parametric Modelling (Grasshopper)
• UI/ UX Design
• CMS implementation (Joomla, Wordpress, Magento)

Experimentation - interested in/

• Multi-touch applications
• Video Projection Mapping techniques
• Generative Graphics
• Data visualisation
• Motion Graphics
• Gesture Recognition
• Sound visualisation
• Natural User Interfaces (Xbox 360 Kinect)
• 3D Printing

Knowledge of Programming/

• HTML, CSS (advanced), AS3 (intermediate), Processing (intermediate).

Node base programming/

• Quartz Composer, MAX, NodeBox.

Recognition and Exhibition

• Granted by the Hochschule für Künste Bremen with the Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst
(DAAD) –Stipendium for international students for study completion for the period of time between
September and December 2012.

• Meritory degree project (Thesis) for Design and research, With the design of eXp: a
wearable “robot” that allows it’s users to perform on-line social networking in an ubiquitous
way, thus eliminating the need of being behind a computer.
Universidad de los Andes’ School of Design, Bogotá DC. – Colombia (2008).

• Expositor (with others) in EXPODISEÑO 2004 – Corferias, Bogota DC. – Colombia.
Redesign concept of the LAMY – Mont Blanc store at “Hacienda Santa Bárbara” shopping
mall, in representation of Universidad de los Andes’ School of Design,
Bogotá DC. – Colombia.

• Costume Contest, Universidad de los Andes’ School of Design, Best costume Design, Theme:
Kings and Warriors. Design inspired in Egyptian deities: Followers of Anubis (2004).
Bogotá DC. – Colombia.

• Expositor in the VIII version of the national contest “CONCURSO NACIONAL DE DISEÑO
PARA LA ARTESANÍA” in EXPOARTESANÍAS 2003 (Arts and Crafts exhibition) –
Corferias, Bogotá DC. – Colombia. With the magazine holder design “Revistar”.

• Costume contest, Universidad de los Andes’ School of Design, Best costume Design,
Category: Structures. Design inspired in H.R. Giger’s biomechanoids (2002).
Bogotá DC. – Colombia.

Courses and Seminaries

• "Weltbilder", 48 hours, 4 week course in Data visualization from Moritz Stefaner (http://moritz.stefaner.eu/) • 35 hours, 5 day Workshop in “Projection mapping” from Christian Riekoff (http://texone.org).