Jean-Baptiste De Clercq is seeking a design position and has experience in various industries including bags, accessories, mobile phones, furniture, and electronics. He sees design as a global expertise that focuses on creativity for the user while considering market and production knowledge. His experience includes positions as a product design manager at SQCC and PCH International where he linked design and production teams. He is fluent in French, English, and learning Chinese.

1. Teaser 2010
Jean-Baptiste De Clercq
Product Designer
I am looking for a design position in a manufacturing environment,
for a brand, a factory, a supply chain management company.
I have during few years, cross diversified industries, Bags,
accessories, mobile phone, furniture, electronics, POS and
retails solution. I consider Design as global expertise, focus on
the creativity for the user, the customer. Lead by the user cur-
rent and future behaviors, the market knowledge, the produc-
tion knowledge, without them creativity can’t be realistic.

2. Freelance
2004/2009
Product Design,
Graphic Design,
Interior Design,
Web Design,
Illustration,
France.
Language
French (Native)
English (fluent)
Chinese ( learning)
Softwares
HTML
Industrial Projects:
Arcadia, Architecture,
October 2004
Gaz De France contest
NordDesign Centre, Interior,
February 2005
Client: Unibail, and ISD
Litill, Transportation Design,
February 2006
Client: European Taxi association
XO2, Transportation Design,
September 2007
Client: XOR Motors
School Workshop:
“Classic and Ikea”
“The Numeric’s convergence
& Harman Kardon”
Diplomas
Engineering Product Design Manager
Master degree, 2002/2007
Institut Superieur de design,
Valenciennes, France
Level A Arts Applied
1999/2002
Institut Saint Vincent de Paul
Loos France
Design experiences
SQCC part of OSM group
Product design manager,
05/10 >10/10 , link the design
team with the production.
Enhance the production with new
technical application.
Dongguan, China.
PCH International
10/09>03/10
Product design, creative, Design
development. For bags,
electronics, accessories.
Shenzhen, China.
Freelance
2004 > current
Product design, graphic design,
design development
, Bags, electronics, household
appliance, accessories.
Europe, China.
Chocolate Agency,
05/07>10/07,
Shenzhen, China.
Spannagel Design,
09/05 > 02/06,
Koln, Germany.
Pilotes PLV,
06/04 > 09/04, internship
Quesnoy-sur-Deule, France.
Samsonite,
06/03 > 09/03, internship
Oudenaarde, Belgium.
French
31/08/1983
www.product-designer.eu
jb.design@hotmail.fr
postmaster@product-designer.eu
136 3171 6001
Chinese work permit
Jean-Baptiste
De CLercq
Product
Designer
Experience
Resume

3. I was also in charge to improve the production capabilities by
the design expertise, understand and communicate the produc-
tion tools, process, materials, techniques and help the design
team to integrate this knowledge in their concepts, as on feasi-
bility as on innovation aspects.
Based in the OSM group’s factory, my mission was to link the
design offices with the production reality. Manage the DFM,
anticipate production issues in the concept phase, help design-
ers to handle the technical feasibility, give them alternative
concepts, find out solutions in the development steps and, in
balance, keep the design essence.
SQCC/OSMDesign development manager
2010/05 > 2010/10
Dongguan, China

4. Follow these concepts with the engineering teams, resolves
production issues in factories, work closely with the samples,
and production teams during the concept development stage.
The mission was basically to handle project’s phases, support
the development teams and answer to all design tasks.
Under the design management, my mission was to deliver
adapted concepts for worldwide market leaders, mainly in the
consumer electronic field for their in-box or branded accesso-
ries. Pouch, cases, sleeves, for computer, mobile phone,
camera, those products were designed to match the customer
expectations, as in term of visual ID unto the production cost.
PCH intlproduct designer
2009/10 > 2010/03
Shenzhen, China
Leather wallet
case for Dell Streack
Official Dell accessory for the Streak
phone, developped in PCH. I was in charge of
the concept development, artwork, sample round,
CFM, production follow up.

5. Analysis allow to review the context, enlight projects main
point, goals, or issues. To axe the design work, give a clear
strategy, clear and strong in front of all project’s actors.
Design start always by a good understanding of the request.
Projects are always global; it requires to understand the situa-
tion, the environment first. As about commercial field, commu-
nication, customer point of view, production tools, or user crite-
rions.
Analysis

6. The direction, whatever if it is cosmetic, technical, a material,
or else help to conceive, develop until communicates the project.
It is a guideline for all actors, to help defining the project
values, essence. It is a reference to make and keep choices
during the conception process.
Each projects, Clients, products are unique, they own from a
commercial and marketing environment which evolve with
time. Design requests a strategy for project launch, to lead it.
Design
Direction

7. translate the creativity. to enlight the Idea details, goals.
Present the Concept opportunity by simple views, explanations,
to be understood by everyone.
From cosmetic, technical, marketing, from user behaviors,
Concept ideas could come from different observations, ideas,
and fields.
Their illustration are also diversieds, Sketches, Photoshop or
Illustrator renderings, 3D works, every technics are good to
Creativity

8. Anticipate issues, simplify the construction, play with it in the
concept development.
Explain it, communicate it, to be understood by all actors.
Leave no gap for any troubleshooting.
To make it feasible, it requires a strong investment in the con-
cept development, in the artwork and CFM steps. To keep the
design integrity from the concept to the factory.
Understand the technique, the production criterions, enhance
the design by it. Translate the concept into a product.
Feasibility

9. It is a part of the communication work, product designer has to
insure, be able to present as in-house as for the customer or
the user, and it allow to "sale" the project.
Insure a good understanding of the project concept, goals, and
universe.
During projects, employments, Freelance works, graphic
design has follow the product design work.
Applied in different fields such as logo, print, catalogue or web,
graphic design is deeply linked with the product work by the
Identity.
Graphic
Design

10. The display, the lock, the bracelet are each a rotation move-
ment. Their axis are on the three dimention direction.
To maintain it, the entire watche is hold by pressure of the
stainless steel frames, locked by rivets.
Time definition could be translate as a geographical position on
an orbit. Years, days, hours are all earth’s position coordinates
on its orbit arround the sun, a position of the sun in our sky.
Inspired from representation of the solar system, two lenses
evolve on two ruler disc, and determine, hours and minutes.
Orbitpersonal project

11. This design is managed unto every small detail, up to the writ-
ing point shape, which use all the Design code, from the form
shifting, to the bumped pattern process.
It mades of titanium, silver, platinum for the body; secondary
elements, such as the ring and the clips, are made in gold.
Those materials and patterns bring diversity into the user choice.
The emotion is the base of this pen, and it is brought by the
feelings. Here the visual and touch senses are called, to give
the desire to Write.
The entire Design, form, shape, style process, are focused on
emotions, the pleasure to write, to handle the pen, to express
yourself.
Fountain Penfreelance

12. Based on the 95mm/55mm/20mm, Cera is one of the smallest
cameras of the market with a 35mm optical zoom.
You can bring it with you, in your pocket, your bag; you can use
it when you want, where you want.
Small, compact, and effective! Easy, mini and green! Those are
the values of Cera. Provide a digital camera, pocket sized, easy
and didactic, focused on a daily life use, for everyone.
How to be sustainable? With commons industrial technologies,
integrated not as a concept but as a normal constraint.
Cerapersonal work

13. Dimensions and weight are optimized for comfort, driving plea-
sure, and security.
For people or company it can become modern urban surf,
silent, compact, fast, economic, clean.
Currently on the market
New approach of the electric motor technology, more than
propulsion, it brings to the rider new uses, advantages, experi-
ences.
The XO2 is a normal urban scooter with the ability to fold itself.
It can be transported as a luggage into your home, your office,
your shop, your bus or your train.
XO2School project
P.Fichet Delavault, M.CHrost,
J.Laurent, B.Bomy.

14. How about the letter scale product? About it, 2 observations:
- The visibility, most of the current model screen are oriented
on horizontal or vertical
- We need to know price most than the weight, to pay the post
Tail is a concept; an idea from a 30 minutes creativity test
during an interview.
Letter tailPersonal project

15. Sketches &
Drawings

16. Feel free to contact me for more informations, more details
about my work, my experiences, my design.
jb.design@hotmail.fr / postmaster@product-designer.eu
Thanks !
Illustrationjust an hobby