Daniel Jansson, Interaction Designer & Tinkerer


I’m an industrial and interaction designer from Sweden, specializing in prototyping and tangible interfaces. I’m educated at Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden where I’ve spent the last six years. I have tried to angle my education towards more tangible experiences, and as such have built up great experience using various technologies and workshop machinery. Through my internships at Smart Design in San Francisco and Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, the prototyping experiences have been further honed and added to with for instance knowledge into PCB design and a deeper knowledge into programmable prototyping platforms.

I find great enjoyment in actual physical development of parts and prototypes, as well as designing new tangible experiences. I’m very comfortable around CAD software and can quickly visualize ideas and bring them into fruition using either manual machinery, CNC machining or 3D printing.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Daniel Jansson
Gluntens vag 19, lgh 0206
S-907 37 Umea
Sweden

Web portfolio: http://www.switchandlever.com
E-mail: daniel@switchandlever.com
Tel: +46 706 363 089

EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNSHIP

Aug 2013 – Nov 2013
Internship at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK

Mar 2013 – Aug 2013
Internship at Smart Design, San Francisco, USA

Jan 2010 – Mar 2010
Internship at Howl Design Studio, Stockholm, Sweden

EDUCATION

Aug 2011 – current
Master education in Interaction Design at Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden

Aug 2008 – June 2011
Bachelor degree in Industrial Design from Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden

June 2010 – Aug 2010
Concept Art at Gotland University, Sweden

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Adobe
  After Effects
  Illustrator
  InDesign
  Photoshop
  Premiere
Autodesk 3ds Max
Chaos Group V-Ray
Luxion KeyShot
Rhinoceros 3d
Solidworks
Arduino & Processing
CadSoft EAGLE
HTML and CSS
JavaScript (beginner)
C# (beginner)

OTHER SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Strong physical prototyping skills using:
  Laser cutter
  CNC mill
  3d printing
  Wood and metal workshop
  PCB design
  Electronics and soldering
Studio and freelance photography
Pixel art/icon design
Editor of weekly school newspaper, Wozzop,
at Umeå Institute of Design

LANGUAGES

Swedish: native
English: fluent
German: beginner
Turkish: beginner