Professional career
Fashion designer since 1996; own “hamansutra” label launched in Munich, Germany, in 1996 and company formed in London in 2004

September 2008 – present, New York
Move to New York; establishment and operation of hamansutra company in New York
Exhibition from hamansutra Lookbook at Pablo’s Gallery (527 Canal Street, New York, NY 10013) (Nov 2008)
Exhibition of New York debut of hamansutra’s CAZAL Sunglasses Project at Pablo’s Birthday (November 2010); a fashion celebration for and about fans of Cazal sun eyewear with a personal foreword by Cari Zalloni
Exhibition at the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, presenting my full range of fashion CI, focusing on graphic design (November 2010)

2005 – 2008, Munich
Lectureships at Blocherer Schule (art and design college, Munich, 2005-2007), Miami Ad School (Hamburg, 2006) and Academy of Fashion and Design (AMD, Munich, 2006-2008).

Areas of focus:
• Blocherer Schule: Visualization and Illustration
• Miami Ad School, Hamburg: Lecture on Hardcore Fashion (2006)
• AMD: Visualization

Professional activity during this period:
• Appearance on Chinese TV in bid to design and produce the fastest jacket in the world
• Freelance design projects with Porsche Design (men’s accessories)
• Costume design for singer Amos (music video “I Can’t Stop My Feet”)
• Publication of hamansutra fashion lookbook and distribution to selected art and design bookstores in London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Munich and New York
• Design of T-shirt collection for Xbox
• Costume design for World Snowboard Tour

1999 – 2004, London
Study at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London: Fashion Design with Marketing
Graduation in 2004 with a BA Hons in Fashion Design with Marketing, with final fashion show and exhibition of finalists’ portfolios.

Professional activity and during this period:
Design work for deepend, London (characters for computer games and 3D visualizations)
Design work for MTV (illustrator)
Design work for Nike (project Scorpions Team Posters)
Costume design for major project at London International Film School
Costume design for Jung von Matt (Hamburg), major German advertising agency, for TV and print campaign for international consumer electronics giant Saturn
Costume design for designliga (Munich), video for singer Sonique (video won gold in 2005 IF Communication Design Award)
Assistantships at Bavarian State Opera costume department, Tailoring Department of German military forces, Kostas Murkudis

Specialist interests in history of technology in fashion, history of functional clothing were intensified during and after the Central St Martins course.

1994 – 1998, Munich
Study of graphic design at Blocherer Schule
Graduation in 1998 with a Diplom in Graphic