Curriculum Vitae

KIM KATINIS
Education:
Diploma in Industrial Design.
year 2000, graduated in Greece at the AKTO Art & Design school, attested by the Middlesex University - UK.

Fields of Activity:
Industrial/Product Design.
Interior Design.
3d Modeling.

Software in Usage:
Autodesk AliasStudio (former Alias StudioTools).
Autodesk AutoCad.
Adobe Photoshop.
Corel Draw.

Languages:
Italian (mother language).
Greek.
English.

Skills:
Good knowledge of Rapid Prototyping processes.
Comfort in using power tools.

Small Biography:
I was born in Rome (Italy) from architects mother and father. After spending my first ten years of
childhood there, I moved with my family to Athens (Greece).
Here I finished the Italian high school and took the diploma in industrial design at the AKTO art and
design school.
In the college years I worked as a freelance 3D modeler and graduating I have been accepted as a
junior designer in a architectural studio.
In the next nine years of experience I worked as designer for various companies but also as a
freelancer, most of the time handling challenging situations where creativity and risk where needed
providing services in the industrial, product and interior design fields.
Also I took part to international design competitions, attended with my work at exhibitions in Athens
and published in media.

Collaborations:
X.Psimitis EPE, supplier of medical appliances.
2000 - 2001, Hospitals Interiors Designs.
Alexander Katinis, architect.
from 1999, (as freelancer) Consultancy for Industrial and Product Designs.
Aggeliki Samara, stage designer.
2002, (as freelancer) Interior Restructure of Cine Keramikos.
Iraklis Scanatovits, architect.
from 2002, (as freelancer) Consultancy for Heavy Duty Kitchen Designs.
Grygoris Kotsigiannis, interior designer.
from 2004, (as freelancer) Consultancy for Furniture, Interior Designs and Manufacture blueprints.
D.Drakoulakis ΑΒΕΕ, manufacturer of catering equipment.
2001 – 2004, Bakery and Pastry Shops Interior Designs, Heavy Duty Kitchens Designs, Blueprints for Final Product Manufacture.
Eurotrade, prefabricated tolls manufacturer
2005, (as freelancer) Exhibition Stand Design in the "5th International Construction Exhibition"
at HELEXPO Centre - Athens, Greece.
Miss Panayota Papageorgiou, private client.
2005, (as freelancer) Interior Design Project for Low Budget Small House Office and Furniture Design.
Miss Amalia Porligki, private client.
2005, (as freelancer) Interior Design Project for Low Budget Mini Apartment and Furniture Design.
Metamorfosis, interior design studio.
2005, (as freelancer) Designer for Cafeteria Sofa Design in Glyfada, Athens-Greece.
Exhibit Smart Stand Constructions, exhibition stands company.
2006 – 2007, Exhibition Stands Designs and Execution Supervision.
YALCO, Sokratis D. Kostantinou, homeware company.
2007 – 2008, Products Designs for brands: Yalco, Omnishop, Evans & Taylor, Fest.
On My Own
2008 - AWV The Scents Series, personal product design & manufacture in collaboration with
designer Valentino Marengo.
2009 – Café-Creperie in Petroupoli (Athens), interior design in collaboration with
designer Valentino Marengo.
2009 – PMMA Photo Frames, personal product design & manufacture.
2010 – Packaging Design for ceramist Christina Morali. (in collaboration with designer Valentino Marengo)
2010 – FARI candleholders, personal product design & manufacture.

Competitions:
took part to the Next Generation Windows OS, PC Design Competition.
2005, PC International Design Competition - organiser: Microsoft - IDSA.
took part to the Beyond Silver.
2009, Silverware International Design Competition - organiser: Designboom - MACEF.
took part to the ID, 1st National Furniture Design Competition.
2009, Furniture Greek National Design Competition - organiser: AG Communications - ROTA.
took part to the Logo Design for the "Olympic Air" national airline carrier.
2009, Greek National Logo Design Competition - organiser: Marfin Investment Group.
took part to the Athens Benchmark Design Competition.
2010, Bench Design International Competition for the City of Athens - organiser: “The World of Athens” & “The City of Athens”.

Exhibitions:
Greek Designers Proposals, team exhibition held at "BarTessera".
December 2008, 2009 Athens - Greece, organiser: Hellenic Secretariat of Industrial Design.
Design 2009, team exhibition held at "To Spiti tis Kyprou" gallery.
April 2009 Athens - Greece, organiser: Mrs. Popi Krouska.
35th Cyprus International Fair, attended with my work at the Hellenic Foreign Trade Board (HEPO) stand.
May 2010 Lefkosia – Cyprus.
Design Lab 2010 fair, attended with my work at the Hellenic Secretariat of Industrial Design stand.
May 2010 Athens – Greece, organiser: A & M Consultants.

Publications:
"From Classic to Modernism", article on Greek design.
September 2008 issue of Israeli home & design magazine "Nisha".
"Kim Katinis' Lecygne for Elegant Table", post on tableware design "lecygne".
January 28, 2008 post of design blog "Trends Updates".
"Design from the Balkans - Greece", article on Greek design.
April 2009, issue 02/09 of Bulgarian design magazine "MD".
"Shading System assures privacy without unravelling you from the crowd", post on
beach shading shelter design.
July 17, 2009 post of design blog "The Design Blog".
“Luxurious Napkins”, post on tableware design "lecygne".
October 29, 2009 post of design blog "Yanko Design".
Post on my person and my work.
December 1, 2009 post of design blog "You Design Blog".
"Fari Candleholders: The Warm Guidance of Light", post on candleholders design “fari”.
February 25, 2010 post of design blog "Elite Choice".

Contacts:
Kim Katinis
Paraskevopoulou 122 Kato Patisia, 10445 Athens - Greece.
tel: +30 2108320254
mob: +30 6948879504
e-mail: miro.katinis@gmail.com
web: www.coroflot.com/kimkatinis