1. Nawaal Zahid Adamjee
62 Welbeck Street W1G9XE - London, UK
nawaal@nawaaladamjee.com
+44 7 595 843 157
www.nawaaladamjee.com
Portuguese citizen
To continuously grow and gain knowledge through creative processes.Objective
Florence Design Academy: Master of Interior Design (2016 - Present)
Kingston University: BA (Hons) Product & Furniture Design (2011-2014)
London Metropolitan University Foundation Year: Art & Design (2009-2010)
Bedales School: ASLevel (2008-2009)
Education
Marina Home Interiors (Dubai July- August 2016): Visual Merchandising intern at the flagship store
in Dubai. Looking after the day to day supply and shipments of furniture and accessories. Editing
and creating window displays. Liasing with interior designers and marketing to create a better
brand and helping form a unique design style for the company.
Arcop Associates (June - July 2011): Internship at one of the largest commerical achitectural firm
focused on understanding interior design and architectural decisions made for low cost housing.
Additionally, this involved learning the basics of AutoCAD and Abobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
DGP Architectural Firm (January - February 2009): Internship analysing day-to-day activities
involved in adapting designs to different budget housing. Visited job-sites to gain first-hand
insight into implementation and structuring techniques.
Adamjee Diesel (December 2007): Internship at one of Pakistan’s pre-eminent energy companies,
in order to gain knowledge of business processes. Responsible for organising and categorising
files. Helped out with packing shipments and constructing schedules to ensure efficient delivery.
Freelance Logo design (2015): Penguin Sports International and Swear Upon Coco Blog
AireDesigner (August 2015): Freelance Furniture Designer for a startup company using CAD
(solidworks) to create coffee tables and shelves and production upon request.
Im-Innovation (February - July 2015): My role was to design logos, help out with illustrations and I
assisted in designing the lay out of websites.
Work Experience
Lady Marium Adamjee Girls School (2010 & 2012): Teaching Assistant at a non-profit organisa-
tion dedicated to the education of young girls.
Karachi SOS Foundation (2007–2009): Volunteer at Annual Carnival, running a stall.
Dubai International Academy (2006–2008): Volunteer at Annual Carnival; Additionally elected
Head of the Community Service Team, and responsible for designing our handbook and logo.
Dubai Film Festival Volunteer (2006-2008): After two years spent providing administrative
assistance and on-site ushering, I was promoted to lead a team of volunteers in my final year.
Volunteer Work
London Design Week ‘OUTLET’(Sep 2014): Exhibited two pieces.
Art Exhibition in Chelsea (2009): Exhibited one piece.
UCL Slade Summer Art Foundation (Summer 2008): 10-Week Programme.
Model United Nations (THIMUN) Hague (March 2008): Delegate.
ISA Youth Leadership Seminar in Ghana – Summer 2006.
Activities
Skills
Languages: English (fluent), Urdu (native), Hindi (spoken), Sindhi (basic)
MS Office - Word/Powerpoint - Proficient
Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign - Proficient
Solidworks (’essentials’training by solidsolutions)
Autocad
Sketch up
3ds max - basic
Rhino - (learning during masters)
3D Workshop - Woodworking, Plastics and Metal works
Keyshot - Basic
Extra Curricular
*reference contacts available upon request
Photography Model Making Traveling Pattern making
Woodworking Logo Design Music