Giandaniele Asquini

Experience

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  Faurecia

  Sept 2001 - Sept 2002

  Automotive Interiors - Designer

  A 1 year work experience carried out at Faurecia Interiors systems R&D and Design Team office in Sontra, Germany while graduating from Brunel university London.

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  Faurecia Interior Systems

  Sept 2003 - Jun 2005

  Automotive Interiors - Designer

  Worked for 2 years at the Faurecia Interior Systems R&D and Design Team in Sontra, Germany. Automotive interiors design projects involving conceptual, styling and engineering of a range of coockpit elements such as dashboards, door panels, central consoles, seats and boots.In house projects for Audi, Porsche, VW, Skoda,, Seat, Jaguar, Mercedes, Smart, Ford, and Opel-Vauxall.

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  Studio and Partners

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2009

  Senior designer

  Collaboration with Studio&Partners Milan, working on a variety of projects ranging from Lighting design, product design, office space planning, Branding, furniture, to interior design. - Conceptual branding and design for the new Lufthansa, Boeing 787 planes terminal, at Frankfurt Airport. Redesign of check-in/gate/transfer counters and partitioning walls, brand walls, Senator lounge entrance, freestanding walls.- Development of a new office/home partitioning system with Haworth -Castelli.- Conceptual development of a lounge chair in collaboration with Walter Knoll.- Space planning and lay-out of the Mobistar HQ offices in Bruxelles - Space planning and lay-out of the offices of the new Comune di Piacenza (public tender for the design and realisation of new town hall offices, won in 2009)- Development of various LED and fluorescent light systems for iGuzzini, Zumtobel & nemo. Show less

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  Terri Pecora

  Sept 2008 - Feb 2009

  Freelance designer

  Collaboration with Studio Terri Pecora on the new Bohemien series Bath by SIMAS.

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  Arttd'inox

  Jun 2009 - Nov 2009

  Freelance Designer

  Collaboration with Artt'dinox ( part of the Jindal steel group ) on the design of home products blending industrial and craft mad components.

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  ITALY INDIA DESIGN

  Nov 2009 - Dec 2014

  Founder
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  Fabindia Overseas Pvt Ltd

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2020

  Giandaniele managed the furniture category and was responsible for the top-line growth of the business vertical working closely with the Product Director and the Creative Head managing the range, Design/Sampling/Introduction of new products and collections developed internally or with external designers. AnalysisTrend Analysis and Competition Benchmarking/Mapping and Option planning for the product range basis Sellthroughs and historical sales data.Collection/SKU analisys and Inventory management, planning buy cycles and maintaining ideal stock levels at stores and Warehouses.PlanningMonitoring space efficiency of 90 stores displaying and selling furniture.Planning of options and quantities for launches of new collections /repeat options, ensuring appropriate mix and coordinating with SCM, QC, B&M, Markets & VM to ensure timely launches of new collections.Product buy/display rationalisation across 3 different store formats/sizes.DesignTechincal/Design specifications for sourced products as well as internally/externally designed products/collections. Responsible for the deliverabes for the whole design to shelf process from Concept Generation through to – Moodboards – 3D Modeling – Manufacturing drawings – Sampling and approvals – Costing - Planning , Markets presentations and order placement.StrategyShort-Mid-Long term strategy for the category in regards to Product, Store Formats & Bottom-line Efficiency and Growth, Partnerships and management of manufacturers with Supply Chain. Show less

  • Furniture Head

    Dec 2018 - Apr 2020

  • Design Manager

    Jan 2015 - Nov 2018
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  Freelance

  Apr 2020 - Mar 2023

  Cruise ship interiors engineering | furniture design

  After moving back to Italy in 2020, Giandaniele worked remotely with Indian manufacturers to define, design and develop new furniture collections for export. He also collaborated with studio Verona in Italy on the design of Mock-up/A2/Shop/Construction drawings for interior and exterior public spaces of cruise ships such as Silver Sea and Carnival Cruise lines.

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  MARINE INTERIORS S.P.A.

  Apr 2023 - now

  Cruise ship public areas Project engineering