Experience

Heine Lenz Zizka

Berlin Germany

2021 – present  Project Manager / Strategy Consultant . Responsible for concept, strategy, project management and client development.

Projects for Leica, Volkswohnung

kleiner und bold

Berlin Germany

2018 – 2021  Client Services Manager . Responsible for client development, strategy and project management.

Projects for Messe Berlin, ITB, Fruit Logistica, Deutscher Volkshochschulverband, Q CELLS, ProPotsdam, DIN, Bürkert, Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt, Twinner, Veolia, TechN

Batek Architekten

Berlin Germany

2018  Senior Designer . Responsible for interior and retail design from the initial concept phase through construction.

milani design & consulting

Berlin Germany

2015 – 2017  Senior Designer . Responsible for interior and retail design, furniture and product development from the initial concept phase through production. Berlin office lead.

Projects for Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Imagination

London United Kingdom

2014 – 2015  Senior 3D Creative . Responsible for interior and retail design, furniture and product development from the initial concept phase through production (brainstorming, sketching, design iteration, 3D-modeling, rendering, production drawing and presentation design). Lead in the pan-European retail roll-out program of FordStore (on-site layout planning, design implementation and roll-out coordination). Close contact with clients and manufacturers throughout the entire project phase solving issues and ensuring project quality and client satisfaction.

Projects for FORD

Bath Spa Universtiy (Art&Design)

Bath United Kingdom

2014– 2015  Guest Lecturer . PTHP Lecturer in the Three Dimensional Design Department, teaching an Exhibition Design Module within IMO (Idea Material Object). The IMO course looks at experimental and emerging approaches to design, and covers objects, spaces and experiences.

Course  Eventually everything connects
Exhibition All Over The Shop , CUSTOMiSTATION

ZHdK (Master of Fine Arts)

Zurich Switzerland

2013 – 2014  Project Manager / Guest Professor . Concept, set up and coordination of an artist in residency program in North Iceland. Bi-annual seminars for students in the Master of Fine Arts or Alumni of the Zurich University of the Arts.

Working title Sometimes attention should be paid to the absence of everything

JUGENDKULTUR OFENHALLE

Zurich Switzerland

2012 – 2013  Director / Project Leader .  Socio-cultural project work with young adults. Developing creative projects with a responsible, integrative and engaged output to create perspective and further proactive involvement.

Project Bist du was du isst ?
Projekter youth project competition first price

NOSE DESIGN AG

Zurich Switzerland

2006 – 2011 Senior Interior / Exhibition Designer . Responsible for the development of interior / exhibition design projects from the initial concept phase through production (brainstorming, preliminary sketching, design iteration, modelmaking, 3D-modeling, rendering, production drawing and presentation design). Responsible f0r project and account management, project costing and timing. Close contact with clients and manufacturers throughout the entire project phase solving issues and ensuring project quality and client satisfaction.

Projects for SWISS, GM Europe (Saab / Opel / Chevrolet), Chevrolet, Rockport, Planzer, digitalSTROM

Coordination Berlin

Berlin Germany

2006 Industrial Design Freelancer . Work in design, development, technical drawing, construction and coordination of an exhibition presenting Berlin as a creative metropolis, Berlin’s renowned Fashion Schools and their graduates at the Moda Donna Fashion Fair 2006 in Milan.

Partners / Sponsors Create Berlin, DaimlerChrysler Italy, Premium Exhibitions, Berlin Partner

STUDIO AISSLINGER

Berlin Germany

2004 Industrial Design Freelancer . Work in design (concept, development, technical drawing, 3D-modeling, modelmaking and presentation) on a jewelry collection, a home / office furniture system and a hotel design project.

Projects for Biegel Contemporary Jewelry, Vitra, Weitzer Hotel Daniel

GRAVES DESIGN, MICHAEL GRAVES & ASSOCIATES

Princeton NJ

2000 – 2003 Designer . Responsible for the development of consumer products from the initial concept phase through production (brainstorming, preliminary sketching, design iteration, modelmaking, 3D-modeling, production drawing and presentation design). Worked closely with clients and manufacturers throughout the product development phase solving daily issues and ensuring product quality.

Projects for Alessi, Delta Faucets, Ritzenhoff, American Standard, Glen Eden, Dansk, Target

Dansk Good Design Award . Ang.L. Dinnerware 2003-2004
Target Good Design Award . Indoor Clothesline 2000-2002

CIRCLE ONE

Brighton MA

2000 Industrial Design Intern . Assisted principal designer in the modelmaking of a museum exhibition space, the design and modelmaking of a cast aluminum leg for production of a cabinet / shelf series and created presentation material for packaging design projects. Exposure to the management and logistics of running an independent design studio.

MAGENTA

Brighton MA

2000 Jewelry Design Intern in a studio that creates high end one of a kind jewelry pieces. Assisted in the finishing of castings, the fabrication of earrings for production, and in wax modelmaking. Design and fabrication of a locket, a necklace, bracelet and various rings. Tool maintenance.

ILGENSTEIN MFG

Berlin Germany

1999 Furniture Design Intern in a small high end steel furniture company. Assisted in the fabrication and finishing of custom steel furniture and accessories, delegated increasing responsibilities in design, development and construction problem solving.