MARIO ARIAS - DESIGNER ECUADOR

the value of design

MARIO ARIAS

Professional Objective:

Enjoying design in all its fields, such as interiors, architecture, industrial, leads me to look for new challenges in creativity and development of human spaces, products and people. Learning from other people new experiences that may help me create new places and products that make clients or simply visitors to experiment a new sensation, to have a new feeling, to reach what my clients want me to reach to make better places for better people.

	Not to stand still, always try to find new answers, new challenges. Change is inevitable and continuous learning is mandatory.
	To help clients experience a much larger degree of general well being, fullfillment with my work, and always trying to surprise them.
	To facilitate change and development providing clients with new concepts for the discovery of new products and sensations

Education:

2004

CAPITA IV, Rotterdam,The Netherlands

Interior decoration and design.

Tendencies 2006-2010

1996

ISDI, INTERIOR DESIGN SUPERIURE INSTITUTE, La Habana

Interior and furniture design.

Design with low resources

1900/1992

ENSAAMA,Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Appliques et Metiers D’arts.Paris-France,

Diplome superieure Des arts appliqués. (architecture d’interiure, design industrielle et communication visuel)

1987/1990

Metropolitano Design Institute, Quito Ecuador

Industrial designer/ Interior designer

1972/1986

American School of Quito, , Quito-Ecuador

Bachelor

Professional Experience:

2000

Current CEO, ARIAS DESIGN GROUP

	Architecture, interiors and industrial design projects.
	Designer of Sake restaurant in Panamá, declared best interior design 2007.

1998 – 2004

Interior design teacher

	USFQ. Universidad San Francisco de Quito.
	Universidad de las Americas
	Instituto Metropolitano de Diseño.

1997 – 1999

Cactus Design Group. ATU . Founder and member

Office furniture leading company

1988 – 1998

TEAM Producciones

Partner and Producer Event Production company organized conerts for bands like Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias, Miguel Bose and Electric Light Orchestra.

Leadership Activities

	Speaker in representation of Ecuador in Interior Design Seminar, La Habana
	Speaker in representation of Ecuador in First International Design Encounter.Quito
	Speaker in representation of Ecuadorian designers in First Contemporary furniture Salon.Quito
	Speaker in representation of Latin America in the National Year of the Americas. 4H foundation. Washington DC.
	Representative of Ecuador for Universal EXPO, Sevilla, Spain and SIAL , Paris, France.
	Judge for International Design Contest. Masissa. Chile.
	Furniture designs exposed in International Furniture Fairs, Salon du Meuble, Paris-France., Salon del Mobile Milan. Italy.
	Furniture stand in Cologne, Germany Mobel Messe.
	Speaker in several seminars and design expositions all over the country.
	Several press releases about personal work.
	Furniture stand in Las Vegas Market USA.