CURRICULUM VITAE
GERHARD SEIZER
Gerhard SEIZER
born 1973-JUL-18 in Ochsenfurt/GERMANY
currently living in Seattle/USA
TEACHING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
2012-MAR – Shanghai/CHINA
workshop 'stereotypes'
@ Academy of International Visual Arts
2011-NOV – Shanghai/CHINA
presentation 'central asian design curiosities'
@ MADness
2010-NOV – Shanghai/CHINA
seminar 'creative and traveling'
2009-APR ~ 2010-FEB – EURASIA
ONIZOU 'IDEA NOMADS' Eurasia tour
2009-NOV – Coburg/GERMANY
workshop 'precision'
2009-NOV – Schwäbisch Gmünd/GERMANY
workshop 'products for modern nomads'
2009-SEP – St.Petersburg/RUSSIA
seminar 'creativity on tour'
2009-SEP – Moscow/RUSSIA
seminar 'creativity on tour'
2009-SEP – Moscow/RUSSIA
professional workshop 'stereotypes'
@ British higher school of art & design
2009-SEP – Moscow/RUSSIA
student workshop 'modern nomadic products'
@ British higher school of art & design
2009-SEP – Novosibirsk/RUSSIA
seminar 'nomadic design'
2009-JUL – Tashkent/UZBEKISTAN
workshop 'process in design promotion'
@ Tashkent Designer
2009-JUN – Bishkek/KYRGYZSTAN
workshop 'design process in marketing promotion'
2009-JUN – Almaty/KAZAKHSTAN
seminar 'nomadic design'
@ Soros Center for Contemporary Art
2009-MAY – Chengdu/CHINA
seminar 'design and travel'
2009-MAY – Hong Kong/HONG KONG
seminar 'creative travel'
2009-MAY – Hong Kong/HONG KONG
workshop 'a summer dream'
@ Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2009-APR – Taichung/TAIWAN
seminar 'self-branding'
@ Chaoyang University of Technology
2009-APR – Hsinchu/TAIWAN
seminar 'IDEA NOMADS'
@ National Chiao Tung University
2009-APR – Taipei/TAIWAN
student workshop 'neo-nomads'
2009-APR – Shanghai/China
2008-JUN – Shanghai/CHINA
seminar for local design community
'how to integrate brand identity in the product design process'
@ World Industrial Design Day 2008
2007-DEC – Seoul/KOREA
Korean-German Cooperation Forum on Design 2007
seminar as representative of the German Design Companies with the reddot design award delegation
'Management Realities of German Design Companies'
2007-SEP – Shanghai/CHINA
seminar with students
'global design development'
@ East China Normal University
2005-DEC – Tainan/TAIWAN
workshop with students
'design for international markets, global & regional differences/similarities'
@ National Cheng Kung University
2004-APR ~ 2005/MAY – Tokyo/JAPAN
cooperation project for the 'Germany Year in Japan 2005'
@ Burg Giebichenstein, University of Art & Design – Halle/GERMANY
@ Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (Panasonic/National) – Tokyo/JAPAN
2003-MAY – Kobe/JAPAN
seminar 'product design development' for the P&G internal global product research event
@ Procter&Gamble Far East, Inc.
AWARDS/JUDGE
2016 reddot design award
Pumperlgsund – ‘Good Eggwhite’ brand & packaging
2013 iF design award
MedSense – hand hygiene system
2010 reddot design award
Better than Chocolate – personal massager
2009 iF judge
member of the jury Taiwan Computex d&i award
2008 iF judge
member of the jury iF design award China
2007 iF design award
SK-II Air Touch Foundation – ionized foundation spray
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016-APR ~ now – Seattle/USA
creative director
2014-AUG ~ 2015-AUG – Berlin/GERMANY
managing director
2013-APR ~ 2014-JUL – Shanghai/CHINA
founding partner
2009-APR ~ 2013-MAY – EURASIA
founding director
2013-APR ~ 2013-MAY creative consultant
2010-AUG ~ 2013-MAY 'urban parties' promotion – Shanghai/CHINA
2009-APR ~ 2010-FEB IDEA NOMADS creative tour – EURASIA
2006-JAN ~ 2013-APR – Shanghai/CHINA
founding partner & managing director
2001-MAY ~ 2005-DEC – JAPAN
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (Panasonic/National)
2002-JAN ~ 2005-DEC design strategy & brand manager – Tokyo/JAPAN
2001-MAY ~ 2001-DEC international design specialist – Osaka/JAPAN
2000-JUN ~ 2001-FEB – Würzburg/GERMANY
designer
2000-MAR ~ 2000-SEP – Munich/GERMANY
designafairs (Siemens Design & Messe GmbH)
freelancer
1999-MAR ~ 2000-JUN – Munich/GERMANY
2000-FEB ~ 2000-JUN designer
1999-OCT ~ 2000-FEB freelancer
1999-MAR ~ 1999-OCT intern
1998-JUN ~ 1998-SEP
Dr. Garnich Design – Esslingen/GERMANY
freelancer
1997-OCT ~ 1998-MAR – Los Angeles/California/USA
intern
EDUCATION
