CurriculumVitae
Personal Information
Nikola Petkovic | DOB: 03-Nov-1983 | city: Belgrade | Serbia
Contacts
nikola.petkovic@gmail.com | mobile: +381 60 514 28 56 | www.nikolapetkovic.com
skype: nikola.bgd
Qualification summary
With opportunity to work with domestic & forein designers, to participate on many workshops, exhibitions, my main interest are more to engineer areas & project managments.
Interest in interior, furniture designs & development green spaces (like LEED).
Passion to areas of project management & production organisations.
Capabilities include - graphic arts, technical drawings & sketching, knowledge on machines for wood, panels and veeners, wood finish, upholstery, cladding, siding, pelets, composite materials, stainless steel, glass, mirror, leather & fabric. Big experience in work with artist & architects.
Competitions & Prizes
2010 | Laudative for donation of the furniture prototypes for first collection of Forestry Faculty exhibition
2009 | Excellent Design Award for hangover "Chi", Belgrade Chamber of Economy
2008 | Award Agency of Wood for inovated idea hangover "Chi"
2007 | Laudative cathedra Final Wood Processing, Forestry Facultaty
2007 | Diploma for participation for exibiton invention on VI International fair entrepreneur - Biznis Baza
2007 | Excellent Design Award for chair "Boomerang", Belgrade Chamber of Economy
2006 | Laudative cathedra Final Wood Processing, Forestry Facultaty
2006 | Stand and Presentation Excellence Award, Belgrade International Furniture Fair
2006 | Golden Key Award - Sitting furniture group for chair "Boomerang", Belgrade Furniture Fair
2005 | Forestry faculty laudative for successfull cooperation on projects for presenting university
Exhibitions / Fairs / Installations / Participations
2010 | Photos by Maher Attar (www.maherattar.com) in ZAI Fashion | HDeco | Doha | Qatar
2009 | Dizajn Park, Belgrade Design Week | Serbia
2009 | Science Fair, House of Army, Belgrade | Serbia
2009 | 18th Novi Sad International Furniture Fair AMBIENTI | Serbia
2008 | Lobby of municipality Cukarica | Serbia
2008 | 46th Belgrade International Furniture Fair | Serbia
2008 | "A World Of Folk", International exibition Stavanger | Norway
2008 | "Noc Muzeja", student park| Belgrade | Serbia
2008 | Ghost project, exhibition works in space MAGACIN, Belgrade Design Week | Serbia
2008 | Salone Satelite, International Furniture Fair, Milan | Italy
2007 | 45th Belgrade International Furniture Fair | Serbia
2007 | Talent Zone, Copenhagen International Furniture Fair | Denmark
2007 | Ghost project, Belgrade Design Week | Serbia
2007 | KUBO, Contemporary furniture showroom, Belgrade Design Week | Serbia
2007 | Student works exhibition, Goethe-Institute, Belgrade | Serbia
2006 | Student works exhibition, Forestry Faculty, Belgrade | Serbia
2006 | 44th Belgrade International Furniture Fair | Serbia
2006 | Ghost project, Belgrade Design Week | Serbia
2006 | KUBO, Contemporary furniture showroom, Belgrade Design Week | Serbia
2006 | 15th Novi Sad International Furniture Fair AMBIENTI | Serbia
2005 | Student works exhibition, Forestry Faculty, Belgrade | Serbia
2005 | 43rd Belgrade International Furniture Fair | Serbia
2005 | 14th Novi Sad International Furniture Fair AMBIENTI | Serbia
Academic Projects & Workshops
2011 | From Idea to Licence - Workshop | Intellectual Property Office (www.zis.gov.rs) | Belgrade | Serbia
2008 | CEFE Course (Creation of Enterprises by Formation of Entrepreneurs) | Belgrade | Serbia
2008 | PSSDesign | EXPRESS PLEASURE Workshop (World of Illy cafe in Belgrade) | BDW | Serbia
2006 | KUBATURA Workshop| Belgrade Design Week | Serbia
2005 | WOODSTUDIO | Forestry facultaty | Belgrade | Serbia
Publications
Forein
maherattar.com, June 2010 | FRAME Magazine, No58, 2007 | KONTRAST Magazine, Slovenia, Dec 2007 | valuecreatedreview.com, Canada, 2007 | dsno.com, Argentina, 2007 | coolboom.net, Sep 2007 | designeast.eu, 2007 & 08 | designaddict.com, Apr 2008, | designby.sk, Slovakia, June 2008 | designspotter.com, Apr 2008 | designyoutrust.com, Apr 2008 | dexigner.com, Apr 2008 | mocoloco.com, May 2008 | inhabitat.com, Apr 2008 | designboom.com, Apr 2008 |
Domestic
TV show VESTI, TV AVALA, 2010 | TV show UVEĆANJE, TV B92, 2010 | TV show MIRA ADANJA POLAK, TV RTS, 2008 | TV show KVADRATURA KRUGA, TV RTS, 2008 | TV RTS, 2007 | TV METROPOLIS, 2007 | TV FOX, 2007 | BREZA, Dec 2006 | AMBIJENTI,2006, 07 & 08 | GENIUS DOMUS, Avg 2007 | MOJ STAN, 2006, Mar 2007 | AG MAGAZIN, July 2007 | DRVO-TEHNIKA Jan & July 2007, Dec 2008 | PRERADA DRVETA Jan/June, 2007 | PRESTUP, June 2008 | FAME, June 2008 | POLITIKA, June 2008 | GLAS JAVNOSTI, 2007 | BLIC, Apr 2008 | 24 ČASA, June 2007 | ravanica.info, June 2008 | a4a.info, 2008 | arhitektura.co.rs, Apr 2008 | dominomagazin.com, Apr 2008 | studentskisvet.com, Apr 2008
Working experience & Field courses
from Mar 2012 Mar | Wood Engineer & Project Manager in company GRIFA (www.grifa.rs) | Belgrade | Serbia
2011 Mar-Oct | Project & Production Manager in company STUDIO DART (www.studiodart.org) | Belgrade | Serbia
Preparing & organising production, purchesing & cooresponding with suppliers. Leading instalations and quality control. Assisting in design and improving visual looks of company thrue internet, presentations and printed documents.
2009 Sep - | Interior Designer | Company HDECO (www.hdeco.com) | Doha | Qatar
2010 Oct Desining furniture, interiors & graphic design, cooperation with architects & managers, preparing & leading presentation. Cooperation in production organisation, work safety and organisation of coordination between site and factory. Quality control inspector, coorespondance with domestic & foreing clients & suppliers.
2008 Apr | SaloneSatelite | Salone del Mobile | Milan | Italy
skilled courses
2009 June | Computer courses for SolidWork, AutoCAD & ProWood | Pordenone | Italy
2005 -09 | Worked on projects, organisations, visual & graphic designs for exhibitions, fairs & instalations in Belgrade,
Novi Sad, Copenhagen & Milan. Worked in team with mentor of projects: Mrs. Jelena Matic MA Interior Architecture (design@jelenamatic.de), & Prof. Dusan Skakic PhD, Wood Processing, Forestry Faculty | Belgrade | Serbia
2006 - 08 | Working & inprovment with wood machines | Kitchen manifactory Stamenovic | Svilajnac | Serbia
2006 Dec | BIESSE GROUP | Pesaro | Italy
2006 | Attendance practical & teoretical course installing roof window | Velux | Belgrade | Serbia
2005 | Doors & Windows fabric Vojvodina | Nova Pazova | Serbia
2002 - 08 | Bartender in Belgrade clubs & bars, twice judging barthender competitions | Belgrade | Serbia
Main Projects & Reference
2012 from Mar | Producing unique furniture for various domestic & foreign clients at company Grifa | Belgrade | Serbia
2011 from Mar - Oct | Hotel Tulip Inn, Interior furnishing, for Olimpic Games 2014, Krasnaya Skala | Sochi | Russia
2011 June | Exclusiv Villa - Pavlovo | Moscow | Russia
2010 Nov | Starting mass production & commercial use of hat stand CHI for company Simpo | Vranje | Serbia
2010 July | Villa Sheikha Amal Al Thani | Doha | Qatar
2010 July | Villa Sheikh Nawaf Bin Nasser Al Thani | Doha | Qatar
2010 July | Al Waab Villas, projects fit-out, furniture design & selection | Doha | Qatar
2010 June Exclusiv hair cut saloon TOP CUT, The Pearl | Doha | Qatar
2010 June | Exhebition Maher Attar photo frames (www.maherattar.com) | HDeco | Doha | Qatar
2010 Apr | Disegno e Visual look for company HDeco | Doha | Qatar
2009 Sep | Redesign Al Waab Villa (www.alwaabcity.com) | Doha | Qatar
2008 Sep | Redesign interior of Marketing department, company Avala Ada A.D. | Belgrade | Serbia
Educations
2011 Jan | Graduate Master study on theme - Wooden Cladding & Wooden Siding | Marketing and Design of wood products | Belgrade| Serbia
2009 Feb-Jul | Specialisation at Trieste University | Pordenone | Italy
2008 Dec | Started with Master study on Forestry Faculty | Marketing and Design of wood products | Belgrade | Serbia
2008 Dec | Graduate majoring in Wood Processing |deparment: Interior and Furniture Design | University of Belgrade | Forestry Facultaty | Serbia
2002 | XIII Belgrade high school | High School Diploma, Natural Sciences | Belgrade | Serbia
Languages
serbian: maternal | english: fluent | italian: understandeble | german: elementary | russian: elementary
Computer skills
2D/3D: AutoCAD, 3DS Max, Render V-RAY, SolidWorks, IronCAD, WinTable, ProWood;
Basic Software: MS Office & Project, Internet, Wordpress, Dreamweaver, Windows OS, Lion OS;
Presentation, Photographt, Video: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, CorelDraw, Flash;
References
Avaiable upon request