Zolbia Banafshe chef

Design: "Misha"

Designer:Andrey Alekseev

Country: Russia

Biography

Alekseev Andrey was born in Russia in 1982. He graduated from the university in 2003 (Graphic design). From 2004 to 2005, he was a designer in a large trading company. Andrey is a free designer. He teaches graphic design and computer technologies at the Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts.

Andrey has been interested in automotive design since his childhood. He drew his first car when he was five years old. It was the small Russian car "ZAZ”. From that moment he understood - he would become an automotive designer or would work in adjacent areas.

He has been a finalist different automotive design competitions: 2006 – finalist "Russian Racing Car” Design Competition (The competition spent "Toyota Motor” and "Instituto Europeo di Design”); 2007 – Domus Academy «Desire Design» Car Design competition – grandee 30% master course; 2009 - Michelin Challenge Design 2009 «Brave and Bold»; 2010 – finalist "Sketch Fighter 2010 – SPD contest” (The competition spent "Scuola Politecnica di Design” and "Cardesign.ru”). He plans on furthering his education with some masters courses next year and to develop his automotive design career.