Alexandre VASSEUR, consultant
About Alexandre VASSEUR
Design Manager
Reconciling curiosity, drawing and creativity while having empathy and the pleasure of working together: I think I have found the perfect conditions for my development as a designer: add an environmental, multicultural approach; and systemic and I will be satisfied. I invite you to consult my portfolio: a journey alternating the world of business and the associative sector, from understanding the need to the industrially completed product. Rather than compartmentalizing, I seek to reconnect these experiences, to enrich them. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
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From sketch to prototype
After an initial cycle in architecture school supplemented by a course in industrial design, I started as a designer in 1994 on a customer request for the development of a lawn mower wheel. Since then, the wheel has turned, and I have had the chance to integrate various projects in design, quality, engineering and management: these projects have mobilized my ability to listen to customers and users in order to propose areas of research and product improvement based on cross-objectives of cost, quality, ergonomics and aesthetics. Rarely did these projects start from a blank page, but from a history of an existing range to be rethought.
In my free time, I was also able to develop work in eco-packaging and soft mobility. Working as a freelancer allows me to invest my time in the social and associative sector in France and Cambodia, through an education aid association in rural areas.
These professional and voluntary activities allowed me to build valuable relationships that have accompanied my journey to this day. I firmly believe that this in-depth work will bear fruit in the long term, and also that the quality of relationships invested and the team spirit are the best guarantees of results. Check out my portfolio and don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Professional CV
Experiences
Founder of ID-AL design agency and NGO - Freelance Designer
Since January 2020
From March 2020 to November 2021, STREET UP project: as a member of "UP, the manufacture of Shared Utopies", an association of collective designers, as part of LILLE METROPOLE 2020, WORLD CAPITAL OF DESIGN.
Designers, occupational therapists, disabled users and caregivers addressed the issue of mobility for vulnerable people by involving them throughout the innovation process (definition of archetypes, generation of concepts up to prototypes tested by users).
Consultant Engineer at GOCONCEPT
October 2017 - June 2019
April to August 2018: KTK, manufacturer of railway seats, Andrézieux-Bouthéon (42): Project manager for the design and study of a 1st and 2nd class seat for high-speed trains with the objective of lightness, from the specifications, concept definition, calculation, and sizing until delivery of the functional prototype for cosmetic packaging. - Team management: 5 CAD designers – Co-design with external agency for aesthetics.
October 2017- February 2018 SMOOVE, self-service bicycle supplier, Oullins (69):
FMEA produces (Analysis of Failure Modes, their Effects and their Criticality) on the VELIB project - production of a matrix of regulatory requirements - Participation in non-conformity reviews and search for root causes.
Innovation project engineer / Studies project manager at ZODIAC SEAT FRANCE
December 2009 - October 2017
January 2016 to October 2017; in charge of Research and Technology projects:
• Process evaluation and thermoplastic composite panels for B/C hulls.
• Evaluation of “3D” additive printing applied to spare parts activities.
•Technological monitoring of acoustic comfort and energy production on board.
January 2013 to January 2016, in charge of an airbag design project on Business class seats:
• Research phase, preliminary projects, design and plans for cushions and airbag components on CATIA.
• Airbag prototyping and test preparation (16G, bag deployment, static, cyclic).
• Monitoring the cushion prototype making in Issoudun and production in Tunisia.
• Test planning, writing of test procedures, test reports, specifications.
• Technological monitoring of acoustic comfort and energy production on board.
December 2009 to December 2012 as study project manager:
• Guarantor of the definition of 2nd cl seats and their implementation for the client airline (ANA, Virgin, etc.).
• Technical referent during customer reviews, aircraft manufacturers (ITCM, FAI) and internal services (3D Reviews, FAI).
• Management of program nomenclatures and planning in compliance with contractual milestones.
• Organization of 3D&2D reviews (CATIA), validation of service provider quotes, monitoring of costs, deadlines, planning.
• English contact with aircraft manufacturers and companies for Airbus/Boeing technical specifications.
• Creation of commercial offers, GO/NO GO magazines, updated databases produced.
• Monitoring of seat production (First Article Inspection), tests, product improvement.
• Validation of plans (via Smarteam) and submission of documents to aircraft manufacturers.
“Around us, 80% of the environmental impact of products, services and infrastructure comes from decisions made during the design development process”