Martina Micheli

Designer @ The North Face

About

Designer with international experience in brands including The North Face, Loro Piana and HUGO BOSS. Strong passion for technical & design driven performancewear and sportswear (particularly outdoor & mountaineering), bold hand/manual machine knitting and all design products which deeply intertwine beauty and engineered functionality. MA in Design for the Fashion System and BA in Fashion Design @Politecnico di Milano (Milano, Italy) Exchange program in Fashion Design Management @Jefferson University (Pennsylvania, USA) Winner of Loro Piana Knit Game 2017. When I am not designing I am an amateur speleologist, rollerblader, hiker and skier in the Italian Orobic Alps.

Country

City

Switzerland

Industry

Design

Skill

Intelligenza artificiale, Time management, Problem solving, Negoziazione, Gestione del ciclo di vita del prodotto, Competenze analitiche, Soft skill, Disegno tecnico, Attenzione al dettaglio, Test Driven Development, Agile Project Management, Gestione prodotti, Business development, Gestione vendor, Team building, Realizzazione in 3D, 3D, Project Management, Illustrazione, Knit Design

Experience

Designer

The North Face

2021-5 - 2025-7 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Stabio, Canton Ticino, Svizzera

Focus on Performance collections (All Mountain Purpose, Hike, Trail Run - including UTMB 2025/2026 capsules-, Mountain Essentials, Climb). Also main designer for socks (all categories). Previously on SMU team for key accounts (JD Sports, Zalando, Asos, Intersport, Cotswold).

Men RTW and Special Projects Design Assistant

Loro Piana

2020-9 - 2021-6 · 10 mos

Milano

Men RTW and Sports Special Projects Design Assistant Internship focused on all product categories (particularly outerwear and knitwear, but also jersey, trousers and accessories). Development of sport events supporting capsules (Ski, Regatta, Golf, Graphene Capsule), Excellence capsules (Vicuna, Gift of Kings) and seasonal collections and capsules (Holiday, Gifting, Chinese Lunar New Year). The job supports the Design Team from the initial concept (mood, concept, color palette creation, trims and fabrics selection, trend and market research) through the collection development (design sketches/CAD and technical information sheets, renderings, contact with vendors, boards creation) to fittings, editings, business presentations and the final shooting assistance. Softwares used: Adobe Creative Suite, Excel, Power Point, PLM

Graphic Designer

eMooks S.r.l.

2019-10 - 2020-4 · 7 mos

Bergamo

Graphic Designer job focused on sound ebooks layout and website/app development.

BOSS Men Athleisure Outerwear Design Intern

HUGO BOSS

2019-1 - 2019-6 · 6 mos

Metzingen, Germania

BOSS Men Athleisure Outerwear Design Assistant Internship focused on outerwear category. Development of seasonal outerwear collections. The job supports the Design Team from the initial concept (mood, concept, color palette creation, trims and fabrics selection, trend and market research) through the collection development (design sketches/CAD and technical information sheets, renderings, contact with vendors, boards creation) to fittings, editings, business presentations and the final shooting assistance. Assignment of a special individual “Intern Project” with the development of an outerwear travel concept inspired collection to present to the Design Team at the end of the internship. Softwares used: Adobe Creative Suite, Excel, Power Point, PLM

Design and Product Development Women Knitwear and Leather Accessories Intern

CIVIDINI

2018-5 - 2018-8 · 4 mos

Bergamo, Italia

Curator

Maglificio MF1

2017-9 - 2018-4 · 8 mos

Milano, Italia

Collaborazione con il Politecnico di Milano e la regione Lombardia per la progettazione e l’allestimento di una mostra sull’archivio storico del maglificio MF1 Mario Foroni, tenutasi presso villa Necchi-Campiglio a Milano da aprile a maggio 2018.

Author Collaborator

Maglificio MF1

2017-9 - 2018-4 · 8 mos

Milano, Italia

Collaboratrice alla ricerca per il Progetto Digiknit e coautrice del capitolo "L'archivio storico del maglificio MF1. Schede dei capi" all'interno del libro "MAGLIA, PUNTO. Quarant'anni di tesori nascosti dell'archivio MF1" (Silvana Editoriale).

Knitwear Research and Developement

Loro Piana

2017-2 - 2017-6 · 5 mos

Vercelli, Italia

Winner of Loro Piana Knit Game II Edition (2017): -Knitting stitches developement and machine knitting production with Loro Piana's yarns for A/W 2017/2018. -Garments collection developement for Autumn/Winter 2017/2018.

Workshop

Missoni

2016-10 - 2017-2 · 5 mos

Milano, Italia

Workshop del Politecnico di Milano in collaborazione con Missoni per la realizzazione di una collezione womenswear di capi in maglia per l'A/W 2017/2018. Votazione finale: 30/30