Biography

Thomas Dupont / Founder & Designer

Born in 1977 in Paris, Thomas moved to the countryside as a kid and grew up in the green mountains next to the swiss border. Thanks to his parents, he developed very early an endless passion for arts and culture. With 17 he completed a High-School degree for Art and Graphics and started to study interior design.

Bored by the classic teaching structures he moved on to become a junior-event manager as part of his civil service. Rather than study theory for ages, he thought that only real apprenticeship and practice  of your craft will make a you a master.

In 1998 he got back to graphics and moved to Berlin, where he followed a 3-years apprenticeship as a Media-Designer in 2 local agencies. To complete his experience, he later worked in many different positions around the event and communication branch, including event-manager, roadie, cook, DJ, barman, and decorator.

As a “Renaissance man” he understands that the combination, exchange and melting of all art forms and cultural knowledge is the best way to communicate ideas and create a peaceful global culture

Since 2002 he has worked as a freelancer for various companies and agencies from Morocco to Melbourne.

Shortcuts

1977

Born in France

1991-1994

high-school degree for arts-design in Besancon

1994-1995

Technical course for interior design in Strasbourg

1995-1996

18 months of civil-service as a junior event-manager in Strasbourg

1996-1998

2 years as a barista and DJ in Strasbourg

1998-2001

Apprenticeship as a graphic designer in Berlin, Germany

2001-2002

Internship in Barcelona, Spain

2002 - 2007

Freelance graphic & web-designer in Berlin, Germany
Stage-builder, event-manager and helping hands on events

2008

Freelance web-designer in Melbourne, Australia

Studies

1991-1994

Highschool degree for Arts & Design Baccalauréat F12 at "Lycée Pasteur" in Besançon (F)

March - July 1998

3 months training-program for DTP-Software at the association "Format 4" in Strasbourg (F)

November 2001 -
July 2002

Practiceships as a Designer for Digital- and Printmedia
(Mediengestalter für Digital- und Printmedien) in the communication agencies:

• O.T.W. GmbH (November 98 - March 99)
• Plex GmbH (May 99 - July 01) in Berlin, Germany.

October 2001 -
July 2002

Trainee-programm in Barcelona including linguistic-training and internships:

• 3 month as a junior-designer at EuroRSCG BCNinedita, Barcelona
• 4 months as a receptionist at Guitart Hotels in Lloret de Mar

Skills

Languages:

• French: mother tongue
• German: spoken and written
• English: spoken and written
• Spanish: spoken and written

Good knowledge of the standard DTP-softwares for PC and Mac:

• Adobe CS3
• Macromedia Studio 8
• Good knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Video-editing in Premiere / AE CS3
• 3D-Design & Animation
• Basic knowledge of PHP/MySQL and XML
• MS-Office
• Sound-editing and sequencing in Wavelab, CubaseBasic MIDI-Knowledge

Driving license up to 3,5 t.