Ishac Bertran is a designer and engineer from Barcelona, currently working as a design consultant as well as working on self driven projects.
Ishac holds an MA in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona) and worked in the R&D department of Hewlett-Packard during his studies. Aiming to combine a technical background with a career centered upon creative thinking, Ishac entered Node, an innovation consultancy. Through Node, Ishac developed products and services for multiple sectors, working with international and multi-disciplinary teams. He also managed projects and teams while working with Loop, a strategy and design company. He complemented his studies with an intense 1-year programme in Interaction Design at CIID.
Ishac is interested in the intersection of technology, design and art. He is passionate about creating products and services that understand real human needs and ultimately fulfill those needs through a pleasurable experience.
ishacbertran [at] gmail.com
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Awards / Recognitions
Core77 Design Awards, Winner, Category Speculative Design: Window to the World, a collaboration between Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design and Toyota Motor Europe, 2012
Interaction Awards 2012, Winner, Category Expressing: Pas a Pas, 2012
Interaction Awards 2012, Best Student: Pas a Pas, 2012
CIID Final Project, Honours recognition: Pas a Pas, 2010
UPC Mechanical Engineering Final Project, Best Mechatronics Project, Barcelona, 2006
Exhibitions
Screamstation Fest, London, 2012
The Future of the Making, Milan, 2012
Get Set Festival, Porto, 2011
AlphaVille, London, 2011
BYOB, Copenhagen, 2011
FêteAnim, Lille, 2011
Lift10, Genève, 2010
Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan, 2010
Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen, 2010
Kulturhavn, Copenhagen, 2010
ThoughtMade, Malmö, 2010
Publications / Print
WIRED 20th Anniversary magazine, code {poems}
Interaction Design for Children Conference, Paper, 2011
A Touch of Code, Pas a Pas
Blueprint magazine, Pas a Pas
WIRED Italy magazine, Linyl
Press
The Creators Project, Interview
VisualMAG, Interview
Fast Company, Spatially Aware Devices
Gizmodo, Spatially Aware Devices
Microsiervos, Spatially Aware Devices
WIRED UK, code {poems}
The Creators Project, code {poems}
Creative Applications, code {poems}
Core77, Little Press
Design Boom, Little Press
WIRED, Analog Vinyl Sampling
Core77, Analog Vinyl Sampling
The Creators Project, Analog Vinyl Sampling
Creative Applications, Analog Vinyl Sampling
Design Boom, Analog Vinyl Sampling
Microsiervos, Analog Vinyl Sampling
The Creators Project, Generative Photography
Creative Applications, Generative Photography
CNN, Window to the World
WIRED, Window to the World
LA Times, Window to the World
The Independent, Window to the World
Fast Company, Pas a Pas
Gizmodo, Pas a Pas
Microsiervos, Pas a Pas
PSFK, Pas a Pas
The Creators Project, Pas a Pas
Gizmag, Pas a Pas
DesignBoom, Pas a Pas
BTV, Pas a Pas
Notes On Design, Pas a Pas
MAKE, Linyl
PSFK, Linyl
The Creators Project, Linyl
Microsiervos, Scriba
Design Boom, The Discreet Window
Infosthetics, The Discreet Window
Yanko Design, The Discreet Window
Fast Company, The Discreet Window
Fast Company, LSSE
PSFK, LSSE
Microsiervos, LSSE
© 2012 Ishac Bertran