Creative Director, visual designer, trainer, and consultant based in Berlin.


I have more than 20 years of experience in design and I am the creator of the extraordinary.college brand. Currently based in Berlin, Germany.

Collaborated on services and products for companies like ADAC, AMAZON, ROLAND BERGER, Landesbank Berlin, ADAMOS, VERIMI, CASTROL, METABOLIC, TEDx AMSTERDAM, LEICA, CARTOON NETWORK, and others.

Creative Direction & Strategy

Cultural Design Cultural Economy Research and Design Studio
Cultural Design▸

Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer
10/2017 - Present
Berlin
GROVER - Rethinking the consumption model for electronics, Grover is the pioneer of electronics rental in Europe
Grover Branding 1.0 (When I took over)▸
Design Updates 1.1 (After 2 months) ▸
Brand Identity 2.0 (After 6 months) ▸
Grover Personas ▸
Grover Customer Journey ▸

Creative Director, Branding, Product Design, Strategy, Service Design, Managing Creative Team
08/2016 - 09/2017
Berlin
WEFOX - We have managed to differentiate the brand from its competitors in Switzerland and Germany. The project has inside 2 dimensions: A_ tech-savvy, dynamic and one side of B_ 30 years experienced, Swiss, insurance brokers.
Rebranding FinanceFox ▸

Creative Director, Branding, Product Design, Strategy, Service Design, Research, Systematic Design Models
08/2016 - 09/2017
Berlin, Zürich
The College Of Extraordinary Experiences - One of the most engaging Experience Design events in the world. We had in four years of existence with us: Google, Disney, IKEA, MEOW WOLF, Jown Law, Co-founder Burning Man, Mark Ordesky, the exclusive producer of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Joe Pine the Author of the Experience Economy, and many others.
Watch 2016 Video Showreel ▸
CoEE Brand ▸

Co-Organiser, Brand Strategy, Design
10/2016/TODAY
Copenhagen, Berlin

Personal Projects

FRIENDSESSION - “The Highest Music Society” Began in 2010 as a simple jam session event: Good society to be part of. A program about friendship and music, it has been developed without any sponsors. So far we’ve had 13 events in Europe and one in Asia.
2010/TODAY
Seoul, Amsterdam, Berlin
24 Hours Photoshop Course Fulfilling project, meant to teach people the most powerful tool for image processing. It was a great way to meet creative people and share with them things I acquired in the last decade of work. er
2009/TODAY
Seoul, Amsterdam, Berlin

Skills

Visual - Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe XD, Sketch, InVision

Coding/Prototyping -HTML5, CSS, JavaScript

CAD - SolidWorks, Pro/Engineer, Rhino

Motion - Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D

Video - Adobe Premiere

Strategy - Design Sprints: Ideation, Concept Testing, User Testing, User Journeys, Designing Interfaces and Wireframes, UX, Revenue Models, Launch Strategies, Prototyping

Interests - Typography, Drawing, Film Photography, Events Organising, Guitar & Piano, Chess

Curriculum Vitae

GROVER
08/2016 to 09/2017
Creative Director, Berlin

WEFOX
08/2015 to 02/2016
Creative Director, Berlin - Zürich

FJORD ACCENTURE INTERACTIVE
04/2015 to 08/2015
Senior Service Designer, Berlin

MOLLER-VENTURES
0/2014 to 04/2015
Art Director, Berlin

NEOGAMES
10/2013 - 08/2013
Creative Director, Seoul

A2 INTERACTIVE
CLIENTS: Club Octagon Seoul /DJMAG5th, Fly to the Sky BAND, Mutated Nation Fashion
08/2013 - 09/2014
Co-Founder, Seoul

AMSTGLTM
08/2012 to 08/2013
Art Director, Amsterdam

FAUST DYRBYE
09/2011 to 09/2012
Art Director, Copenhagen

TRAFIC-RO
09/2010 to 09/2011
Art Director, Bucharest

NEWSPAPER ZIARUL
09/2008 to 06/2009
Desktop Publisher, Bucharest

DESIGN BOUTIQUE
CLIENTS: Lalo Orna, Leica, ICR Romanian Cultural Institute, Cartoon Network, Saint Gobain, Mensa, Levis, Castrol Oil, Bitdefender, Dacia, Transylvania Phoenix, MTV, Armonia Center, Real, FC Dinamo, and others.
05/1998 to 09/2009
Founder, Bucharest - RO

Engineering Geodesy
UTCB UNIVERSITY BUCHAREST 2007

MINDEXPRESS 2004 - 2005
Emotional Intelligence & Lateral Thinking MEX 213-A1 9,121

Reputation & Events

DMY Festival - DMY Berlin is an annual contemporary design festival where both aspiring and established designers present new products, prototypes, and design concepts.

Master of Ceremonies
07/2016 - Berlin
TEDx AMSTERDAM - I have built the concept for 2012 event of TEDx Education Edition. I met many wonderful people and learned many interesting things about new trends in education.
Design & Desktop Publishing
09/2012 - Amsterdam
THE DO SCHOOL - Mentoring it is a great way to reinforce your own learning. You’ll find that you’ll gain significant benefits including re-learning or mastering your skill by sharing and explaining your craft to others. You’ll develop and expand your leadership skills, hone your communication skills and sharpen your interpersonal skills. Just do it!
Creative Business Consultant
2014/TODAY - Berlin
CASTROL OIL - I got the Castrol Oil campaign by designing the best invitation for their events. I had the chance to do the design and desktop publishing for the whole campaign in Romania. The most interesting thing was that I got to redesign their Oil Exchange Label who hit the World Wide Market, you might find it even under the hood of your car.

Visual Design / Communication Design 2007 - Campaign Eastern Europe
1965 TRANSYLVANIA PHOENIX BAND REBRANDING AT THEIR 50th ANNIVERSARY - Phoenix was launched in the cosmopolitan city of Timişoara in 1962 under the name of Sfinţii (The Saints) by a pair of schoolboys: Nicu Covaci and Béla Kamocsa. They practically put the Romanian language into Rock Music. I was lucky enough to be asked to design several of their album covers as well as redesigning their logo for their 50th anniversary.
Art Director
06/2008 - 09/2013 - Bucharest, Valencia
VERY IMPORTANT CHAIR BRANDING Architect Alexandru Popovici launched VIC in 2010. This project has already established various exhibitions all over the world and many interesting artists have joined as ambassadors. I was asked by Architect Popovici to brand the project in 2008. veryimportantchair.com
Creative Director - Branding
06/2007 - Paris

Praises

"This guy is a hell of a PR!! I was initially impressed with Christian's enthusiasm, communication skills, and professional attitude when I first met him. During the DMY International Design Festival, he joined our team as a Master of Ceremonies and he did a great job. Always seeking for knowledge, Christian is the perfect host and knows perfectly how to welcome and introduce people on stage. The kind of person you should grab a coffee with if you want to get unexpectedly inspired. I do highly recommend him for any position in the creative field. Thanks, Christian, for your effort and collaboration!"

- Miriam Millán Project & Social Media Manager
Miriam managed Chris directly at DMY Festival - 17th of June 2016, Berlin
"I have never experienced this before. The amount of creativity and especially his ability to involve me and our company in his train of thought that was completely based on our own creative ideas lifted the company to a new level and some great insights. Chris even got us to change the name of the company (very wise decision). If all you are looking for is someone to sketch out your own ideas, I think you are too late. You should have contacted Chris weeks ago because especially the entire creative process he leads you through is something you want to experience at least once in your lifetime!"

- Felix Lepoutre Operator at The Social Impact Factory
Felix Contracted Chris for TipTrace
-27 thof February 2013, Amsterdam
"Chris joined us at The Do School to provide one-on-one consultations to our budding entrepreneurs. If you spend even 1 minute with Chris, you can be taken on a journey of creativity and innovative thinking that opens up your mind to new avenues and pathways for thinking. Needless to say, our fellows were subjected to quite the experience and undoubtedly benefited from this rare type of encounter. Innovation personified, thank you, Chris!"

- Carolina Robinson Global Mobility Technology
Carolina managed Chris directly at The Do School - 7th of June, Berlin
"Chris is an incredible personality with a fantastically creative spirit. He lives this spirit in his work daily. Out of the blue, he analyzed my branding needs, my personality, and created the logo for my company which authentically corresponds me. He also defined together with me the colors of my website. I received tons of compliments for my logo and am extremely satisfied with Chris' contribution to my business. I can highly recommend him, as apart from being a genius creative director he is an extremely pleasant human being who integrates his values into his work."

- Claudia De Pasquale Career Transformation Coach, Career Transformation mBIT International
Claudia contracted Chris for Concrete Motion - 2nd of March 2016, Zürich

Languages

Romanian Native
English Business fluent
Italian Business fluent
French Advanced
Spanish Advanced
German Conversational
Polish Conversational
Korean Conversational
DRIVING LICENCE
German B Driver Licence EXP 2032
Korean 1종보통 Driver Licence EXP: 2023

Contact

+DE 01705958989
berlinATcristianscarlat.com

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