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and read my
CV (RO, .pdf).
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first name(s): Tudor Cătălin
• family name: Urcan
gender: man • nationality/citizenship: Romanian
birth date: 21 September 1961 (Virgo)
birthplace: Gligoreşti, Cluj, România
location: Cluj-Napoca, România
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SKILLS
design
as you can see in the WORKS section of the site.
tools - digital
Windows OS • CorelDRAW, Adobe Photoshop,
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint),
Solid Works, XHTML+ CSS • FastStone Image Viewer,
Zoner Photo Studio, Tracker Software PDF Tools,
WinRAR, Nero Burning ROM, FileZilla ...
tools - traditional
any functional combination media/ground
from the professional market. Preferred media:
dry: black & color pencils, chalk, charcoal & pastels,
wet: pen & inks, fiber pens, markers, watercolors
languages I know, beside Romanian
English – conversational
French, German – basic
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
At present I am looking for a job that requires skills
and experience in the following domains:
• logo and main corporate visual identity elements
• web site: structure, layout and graphic design
• technical and artistic illustration
2013
suspended my freelancer licence and concentrated
on a large scale personal project started earlier
2007
started the partnership with Soft Design srl
2006
registered as freelance designer
2005
sabbatical year
1997 - 2004
industrial/product designer and illustrator
in the Scheiber Design studio - Kufstein : Austria
1990 - 1997
teaching assistant/instructor and then lecturer in the
Design cathedra of the Academy of Visual Arts
"Ioan Andreescu" in Cluj-Napoca
1988 - 1989
industrial designer in the Company for Laboratory Tools
and Devices - I.A.U.C.- in Cluj-Napoca
1985 – 1988
product (toys) designer in one of the biggest plastic goods
producers in Romania, the "Viitorul" factory - now Plastor S.A.
in Oradea
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EDUCATION
1992 – 1993
research year (study of several software programs for design)
within the design cathedra of the Academy of Visual Arts
"Ioan Andreescu" in Cluj-Napoca
1981 - 1985
design section of the Institute of Fine Arts "Ioan Andreescu"
now, the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca
1976 - 1980
High School of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca
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INTERESTS
The so called Sacred Geometry • harmonic proportions
The Golden Ratio and its applications in art, design, architecture
Tradition • Philosophia Perennis • Sacred and its manifestations
in the world cultures, especially in the visual symbolism
and architecture
Time, (apparent) ciclicity, permanence
books, music, films
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