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This is the public profile of John Cruz, Additional information and high-resolution images are available for accredited press members, to access additional information about John Cruz please login as a press member.About John Cruz : John Cruz is a designer of humanitarian inventions. With almost 20 years of experience in the computer graphics industry coupled with his engineering education, John tackles to solve some of the most pressing problems facing refugees and homeless people through innovative design. His current area of focus is in designing versatile, mobile, modular and durable accommodations for refugees in camp -settlements. Using these criteria, John designed and invented Rush - an expandable hard-shelled wagon capable of housing up to 4 people, and capable of creating larger temporary structures such as a school or a field hospital.
STATEMENT OF ART:Art is an expression of human form, thoughts, dreams and emotion. Design is Art with a meaningful purpose.
ORGANIZATION:
John Cruz Design
NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Software or multimedia developer or analyst, all other IT, automation, telecommunication
EDUCATION:
1999, Civil Engineering, B.A.Sc., University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
EXPERIENCE:
1999-2001, Graphic Artist, Mainframe Entertainment, Vancouver, Canada
2001-2013, Computer Graphics Supervisor, Electronic Arts, Burnaby, Canada
2014-present, Technical Art Director, Capcom Vancouver, Burnaby, Canada
AWARDS:
2013-2014, Iron A' Design Award Furniture Design, A' Design Award & Competition, Como Lake, Italy
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English (Native)
COMPUTER LITERACY:
Adobe Photoshop, Expert
Maya 3D, Expert
Zbrush, Expert
HOBBIES:
Designing Furniture, Sketching, Painting, Playing Basketball
WEB SITE:
https://johncruz24.wixsite.com/rush
PORTFOLIO URL:
https://johncruz24.wixsite.com/rush
REGISTRATION DATE:
2013-11-29 00:02:37
COUNTRY/REGION:
Canada
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
Awards received by John Cruz
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Wave Bench A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2013 John Cruz for Cube Forest Design |
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Rush Mobile Shelter A' Design Award Winner for Social Design Category in 2016 John Cruz for John Cruz |
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