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George Hugo

George Hugo

Industrial Designer

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  • About me

    Industrial Designer - creating products that make users smile

  • Education

    • Central High, Beaufort West

      2000 - 2004
      Matric

    • Cape Peninsula University of Technology

      2005 - 2008
      Btech Industrial Design (Cum Laude)

  • Experience

    • Techhnimark SA

      Feb 2009 - Apr 2020
      Industrial Designer

      Technimark is a product development company specializing in plastic injection moulded products, but more than capable of handling a wide range of design challenges to meet clients' briefs.Technimark also designed and developed the Triga modular display system and as part of the Technimark team I played a key roll in the design of this product, especially that of the Triga Go system.Other core projects included long-term design and development support for Metacom (Pty) Ltd's various products, including their flagship MC6000 Enterprize Router, MC600 family of routers, and other smaller products. Show less

    • Zailab

      Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
      Industrial Designer

      Worked as part of the Zailab industrial design team on a part time basis for a time while they needed extra design capacity.

    • Self-employed

      May 2020 - Oct 2022
      Freelance Industrial Designer

    • Design Make Connect

      Oct 2022 - now

      • Creative Director / Industrial Designer

        Oct 2023 - now

      • Senior Industrial Designer

        Oct 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Solidworks Essentials Training Course

      MECAD - SOLIDWORKS South Africa
      Feb 2015
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to George Hugo
      Finalist in 2008 SABS Design Achievers Awards SABS 2008 The Design Achievers Awards promote leadership and design entrepreneurship. To be nominated proves achievement of leadership, entrepreneurship and contributing towards problem-solving through design.