Abdel-Mounem Taouai
Designer
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Abdel-Mounem Taouai
Industrial Designer, Ph.D. | Professor | Applied Researcher in Design Innovation | Founder & CEO UbMaker | Digital Fabrication, 3D Systems & AI-Powered Creation
Industrial Designer and Professor with a Ph.D. in Design Sciences and Technologies, bringing over 18 years of experience in higher education, applied research, and digital fabrication. My expertise bridges design methodology, 3D modeling, immersive sketching, and additive manufacturing, enabling students and professionals to transform ideas into functional prototypes. I specialize in:
• Product Design & Innovation Strategy • 3D Modeling (Rhino 3D, SketchUp)
• Digital Fabrication & 3D Printing
• Applied Design Research
• Competency-Based Teaching & Curriculum Development Former Department Director in Industrial Design and Postdoctoral Researcher at Université de Montréal (HYBRIDELAB), I combine academic rigor with hands-on industry-oriented practice. I am particularly interested in collaborative research, innovation labs, design-driven entrepreneurship, and advanced prototyping ecosystems..
Resume
Resume
Education
Doctorate in Design Science and Technology
Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Technologies du Design, Tunis, Tunisie
09.2013 - 09.2018
Right Honourable Mention
Research project entitled “Digitization of Creative Methods: New Approaches to Teaching Industrial Design Methodologies.”
Master’s degree in Science and Technology of the Arts
Institut supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Tunis, Tunisie
09.2002 - 09.2004
National diploma in art and crafts: product design
Institut supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Tunis, Tunisie
09.1997 - 09.2002
Employment
10.2021 - to-date
- Create and optimize website content using graphics, databases, animations, etc.;
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to develop website graphics and content, capabilities and interactivity.
01.2021 - present
- Facilitate the Accelerate training course in: Rhino3D, RhinoGold, SketchUp;
- Support students in the learning process.
01.2021 -06.2021
- Introduces students to observation and understanding of the built environment.
- Help the student develop the skills to represent this 3D freehand drawing environment in order to communicate it to a third party
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Technologies du Design, Tunisie
09.2002 -06.2020
- Responsible for the “studio design” product design workshop
Founder and Artistic Director
Management of the design and advertising agency NEODESIGN, Tunisia
2001 -2003
- Design and supervision of creative services and production monitoring.
- Identify and design innovative custom solutions.
Recognition
First prize
STARPACK
2002
national packaging competition organized by the PACKTEC Tunisia packaging technical center
SKILLS
Computer-aided Skills
Language Skills
Portfolio
Portfolio
Academic, Research & Other Activities
Academic, Research & Other Activities
Internship and training
Participation in workshop « RESEARCH PROBLEMATIC AND QUESTION » under the guidance and the supervision of professor ALAIN FINDELI et Michela DENI, 02- 03 May 2018
Training in « COLOR MANGEMENT » 04 - 05 November 2015 organised by PACKTEC, Packaging Technical Center.
Pedagogical observation training at « Scholl of ART design and Media » (EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) from 12 to 24 january 2011. http://art.ecust.edu.cn/
Pedagogical perfectioning observation training, about the interaction between technological tools and design processus, at the Higher National School of industrial creation ENSCI- the workshops were held from the 1st to the 15th of december 2009.https://www.ensci.com/
Training at the national crafts office: cooperation with craftsmen in order to promote handcraft items, from 28 March to 27 April 2001.
Training at « STARPLAST » Company: initiation to the procedures of plastic injection and blowing. Collaboration with the design office of the company in order to elaborate conception section from 15 to 30 December 2000.
Publications et Communications
Taouai (A), 2012, « digitization of teaching methods: pedagogy per project, case : product design teaching », Digital Creation ; Cultural and Aesthetic Issues, Publication : UR Cultures Artistic Cultures ; Knowledge and Technology, Tunisia, Gabes 2012
Taouai (A), 2018, « Digitizing Innovative Ways in The Curricula of Innovative Industrial Design», Design to Improve the Quality of Life, The First International Scientific Conference, Faculty of Applied Arts –October 6 University, EGYPTE
WORKSHOP
Workshop organization and animation: Digital jewelry: The contribution of digital technology to the manufacture of jewels (ESSTED, April 2019)
Workshop management and organization: Design and 3D printing, or how to stimulate creativity (ESSTED, April 2018)
Workshop management and organization: BIG BROTHER WATCHING, LISTENING (ESSTED, April 2017)
Workshop management and organization: THE ART OF TROPHIES (ESSTED, April 2015)
Other Activities
Organising Member of the 1st edition of "Rencontres annuelles internationales de design",( Annual International Design Meetings ) Tunis, du 24 April au 26 April 2019.http://raid.tn/
Organizing Committee Member, 1st edition of the design festival « INNDESIGN » ESSTED from the 24th to 27th April 2018.
Organizing Member, the 2nd edition of "Rencontres annuelles internationales de design" (Annual International Design Meetings), Tunis, April 2017
Organizing Member, the 1st edition of “Rencontres annuelles internationales de design" (Annual, International Design Meetings), Tunis, April 2015.
Testimonials
Testimonials
Une personne qui possède un talent avéré pour le design et l’innovation. Bienveillant, motivant et empathique, il est un négociateur exceptionnel et un génie du compromis. Je n’aurais pas pu compter sur…
Avec sa créativité sans limites, il repousse les frontières de la conception en proposant des idées audacieuses et des solutions novatrices. Son approche unique et sa capacité à penser différemment font de…
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Mounem Touai during my time as an expert teacher in product design at ESSTED (High School of Design in Tunis), where he was the head of the design department. Mounem is an incredibly talented industrial designer who shared with me practical insights in digital manufacturing, especially in 3D printing and CAD/CAM software. His hands-on approach and expertise really helped me enhance my skills in these areas…
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