Domingo Morchio
10d / 106 Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale, NSW 2100
Email: dm@domingomorchio.com
Portfolio: www.domingomorchio.com
Career Overview:
I have excellent management
skills, and am great at working within a team or independently.
My 15 years as an Industrial
Designer, including 10 years freelance and 5 years in senior roles as part of a
private company, has seen me develop my CAD, project management and team
management skills to an advanced level.
I have deep knowledge and
experience in many different areas of design i.e. product design, furniture,
POP, stands, interior design and architecture. My role as Senior Designer and
Project Manager for Navone Associati in Milan required an expert understanding
of business goals, client relationship management, mentoring skills.
I have been involved in a
considerable number of projects, dealing with significant budgets (6M) and with
well known clients, like Ferretti Group, Fiat Group and Pirelli.
As a result of this experience,
my Project management and team leadership skills have significantly improved as
well as my designing, drafting and developing abilities.
Key strengths:
- Strong project management and team leadership.
- Designed for a broad range of clients, including major corporations and research institutions.
- Interaction with big clients and manufacturers, with European experience.
- Excellent hand crafting and computer prototyping skills, quick hand sketching and highly detail drawings for manufacture.
- Computer skills including Autocad, Microstation, 3D Studio, Photoshop, Freehand and Coreldraw.
- 4 years experience as a construction supervisor.
Career History:
MI-WALLET (Owner) - March 2011, Present – Sydney , Australia
MI-WALLET was born under one
concept. Create a product to make people think about design. The main idea is
to show how we can create things out of almost nothing re-using existing
materials. Each unique wallet is made of a single folded sheet of newspaper,
carefully selected for the image on the front and laminated for strength. The
whole process is hand-made using recycled paper.
Responsibilities:
- Product Development.
- Product Manufacturing.
- Business Management.
Achievements:
- Young Blood Designers
Market – July 2012 at
- Young Blood Designers
Market – November 2012 at
- Sydney Design 2013 –
Studio Pop-Ups at
- MODERN Market – Design Canberra 2014
- Pop-up and Studio - Design Canberra 2015
Senior Designer - Navone Associati Srl
April 2006 - December 2010
– Milan , Italy
Navone Associati is a corporate
design studio in Milano, the heart of world design and creativity. There, I was
a senior designer and project manager, collaborating directly with the creative
chief and studio’s owner, and leading a multi disciplinary group of
professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Projects developed according to a client’s brief and budget.
- Rendering and project presentations for clients.
- Prototypes and packaging developed.
- Preparation of technical drawings for manufacturers.
- Meetings with clients and manufacturers.
- Team leadership and logistic organization.
- Travel all around
Achievements:
- Project Manager and
construction supervisor for Lineapelle at Milano and
- Project Manager and
construction supervisor for Pirelli exhibition “un viaggio ma” at the
- Project Manager and
construction supervisor for Pirelli photograph exhibition at the
- Project Manager and construction supervisor for Ferrovie dello Stato at the Highspeed, Amsterdam 2008.
- Project Manager and construction supervisor for Fiat Group at the Automechanika, Frankfurt 2008.
- Project Manager and construction supervisor for Fiat Group and Fiamm Company at the Automechanika, Frankfurt 2007 and 2008.
- Project Manager and construction supervisor for Ferretti Group at the Genova Boat Show 2007, 2008 and 2010.
- Project Management and construction supervisor for Ferretti Group at the Cannes Boat Show 2008 and 2009.
- Project Manager and construction supervisor for Ferretti Group at the Sydney Boat Show 2008.
- Project Manager and construction supervisor for Ferretti Group at the Montecarlo Boat Show 2010.
- Product design for Restart and Restartbike.
Senior Designer - 2C Engineering S.r.l.
March 2005 - March
2006 – Milan , Italy
2C Engineering is a
steelwork design studio, whose main customer is Cifa, one of the major
companies producing concrete structures in the world. This studio mainly deals
with the technical drawing development for production of underground tunnels formwork.
Responsibilities:
- Developed technical drawings and specifications for machinery parts construction.
- Technical drawings developed for electric, hydraulic and vibration system.
- Discussed technical aspects and project corrections with engineers and manufacturers.
Achievements:
- Produced highly detailed
technical drawings for Polycentric formwork with anchorage type crapaud + tyred
traveler, Gibe III Hydropower -
- Developed highly detailed technical drawings for Precast Invert - Collettore ACEA, Roma.
- Produced highly detailed
technical drawings for accessories for polycentric formwork with crapaud
–
Freelance Designer
December 1998 - February
2005 - Santiago , Chile
Eight years self-employed
experience, working for the major companies of Chile, from point of purchase,
stands, displays and exhibitions, to interior design, furniture product design
and architecture. Early on in my career I had the opportunity to design and
manufacture my own projects; I developed all the relevant skills required to
develop a product i.e. choosing the right materials, hand crafting and computer
prototyping, selecting the right tools, interaction with clients and working to
tight deadlines.
Responsibilities:
- Project presentation and client management.
- Preparation of prototypes and 3D images.
- Preparation of technical designs.
- Product Manufacturing.
Achievements:
- Worked for the main companies in many different industry sectors as Microsoft, Palm, Hewlett-Packard, Procter&Gamble, Glaxo Smith Kline, Gerber, Entel, LAN Airlines, Concha y Toro, I2b technologies and many more.
- Obtained the knowledge of how complex a product is and all the aspects involved in a project to be inside on the real market.
Education & Training:
- 1994-1998 Catholic University of
- 1999 Congraph Institute - Autocad course.
- 2005 Congraph Institute - 3D Studio course.
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2013
Language Skills
• Fluent Spanish
(mother tongue)
• Fluent Italian
• Fluent English
Hobbies & Interests:
Surfing - Skiing – Travel.
References available on request.
