Mihai Panaitescu

23 year old car designer.

Born in Romania. Always liked to draw. I did painting in High school and then I followed with industrial design at the Fine Arts university of Bucharest. The second semester I left with a scholarship at the European Institute of Design, Turin. After two years of study I graduated the transportation design course in 2008. Currently employed.

EXPERIENCE:

TOYOTA designer, 2009.

Freelance work for different car brands, 2009.

TOYOTA internship. Tokyo advanced design, 2008.

BMW thesis. Graduation project, 2008.

Fiat sponsored project, 2008.

Masters degree tutor. Maserati Chicane project. Geneva, 2008.

Pininfarina internship, 2007.

Peugeot design contest winner, 2007.

EDUCATION:

Car design. IED Turin. Italy. Graduate 2008.

Poduct design. Fine Arts University. Romania.

Painting. Fine Arts Highschool. Romania.

LANGUAGES:

English French Italian Romanian