Experience

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  House of Gozdawa

  • Kaapstad en omgeving, Zuid-Afrika

  • Director & Perfumer

    • Sep 2015 - Present
    • Kaapstad en omgeving, Zuid-Afrika

    House of Gozdawa is a small batch perfumery company founded in Cape Town in 2015. Dedicated to creating high quality epicene (without gender association) scents, House of Gozdawa follows a strict production process, which utilises only natural essential oils and carriers.House of Gozdawa sources 90% of ingredients within Africa from sustainably responsible farms and suppliers, a percentage of signature notes are also produced in house by perfumer Agata Karolina.

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  Studio Agata Karolina

  • Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  • Design Cultures

    • Sep 2011 - Present
    • Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    www.agatakarolina.com

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  Cape Peninsula University of Technology

  • Kaapstad en omgeving, Zuid-Afrika

  • Part Time Lecturer

    • Feb 2015 - Dec 2015
    • Kaapstad en omgeving, Zuid-Afrika

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  Common Methods

  • Kaapstad en omgeving, Zuid-Afrika

  • Director & Co Founder

    • 2013 - Dec 2014
    • Kaapstad en omgeving, Zuid-Afrika

    Common Methods is an office for design and culture related matters. We want to establish on going relationships between designers, locals, craftsmen, manufacturers and the public. What do they have in common? What do they gain from working with each other? Common Methods was initiated to contribute towards the development of these networks, through direct contact and real time collaboration, promoting the deepening of knowledge, and to activate cross cultural interaction. Common Methods aims to establish itself as a pioneer project that documents these experiences and brings them to attention and teaches others. We are intending to elaborate on a long-term perspective with the project so that future collaborations with other countries can evolve. We see the format as a starting point that can be applied to future editions with for example: Poland, Czech Republic, South America, Taiwan, among others.Common Methods sees themselves as ambassadors of living culture, history and entrepreneurship. We want to bring designers to uncommon territories, to stimulate new developments through collaboration that promotes knowledge exchange and personal development. The progress will be visible in a collection of products, created in a collaboration between the Dutch and South African designers, and the local manufacturers in its First Edition. These outcomes will be presented in a growing walk-in exhibition that provides an extensive side program with a long list of collaborators.http://common-methods.com/

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  Open Design Cape Town

  • Kaapstad en omgeving, Zuid-Afrika

  • Project and Program Manager

    • Jun 2013 - Dec 2013
    • Kaapstad en omgeving, Zuid-Afrika

    OPEN DESIGN Cape Town is an annual cross-disciplinary citywide event creating an educational, informative, inclusive and collaborative platform where design and its numerous disciplines galvanise Cape Town’s design community to openly share their design with each other and the broader public, raising awareness of and increasing appreciation for design by all.http://opendesignct.com/

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  NTCRI (National Taiwan Craft and Research Institute)

  • Nantou County, Taiwan

  • Material Researcher

    • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012
    • Nantou County, Taiwan

    Collaborated with Master Urushi and Natural Dyeing craftsmen at the National Taiwan Craft and Research Institute in new product development through material research.

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  Marres Projects and the Municipality of Valkenburg

  • Valkenburg, Limburg, The Netherlands

  • Urban Proposal

    • Sep 2011 - Nov 2011
    • Valkenburg, Limburg, The Netherlands

    Collaborated with the Maastricht-Valkenburg Area Development (GOMV) to conceptualize a new vision for the Plenkertstraat in Valkenburg.

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  Monday Design

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • Feb 2009 - May 2009

    Logo design, portfolio and layout design.

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  140 BBDO Cape Town

  • Graphic Designer / Illustrator

    • Sep 2007 - Nov 2008

    Graphic design and illustration for 'above the line' media.