*1997, Brno, Czech Republic
ways to contact me
sara.kucerova@post.cz
+420 602 978 995
@saryslava
@kotatkoproject
education
October 2023 – April 2024
Pre-Master programme
Design Academy Eindhoven
specialty: Design
2021 – 2022
Erasmus+ exchange programme
Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, Tallinn, Estonia
specialty: Ceramics
2017 – 2022
BA design programme
UMPRUM Prague, Czechia
specialty: Product design
2013 – 2017
Secondary School of Art and Design, Brno, Czechia
specialty: Industrial design
exhibitions & other activities
May 2025
design process workshop with Montessori pupils, Brno, Czechia
January 2025
member of the evaluation committee for final projects assessment at the Secondary School of Arts and Design, Brno, Czechia
December 2024
Brutus Winter market, Rotterdam
– with Soap Creatures project
June 2024
speaker at Europe’s Finest Hours: Meet the Makers panel talk, Amsterdam
March 2024
exhibitor at the Playgrounds presentation and exposition, Design Academy Eindhoven
2023
exhibitor at the Beautiful Work exposition, Dutch Design Week
– work exhibited: Mementoes of Everlasting Values project
– hosting a woodcarving workshop for visitors
2023
exhibitor at the Beautiful Work exposition, Prague House, Brussels
– work exhibited: Mementoes of Everlasting Values project
2022
exhibitor at Krásná Práce exposition, Galerie 1, Prague
– work exhibited: Mementoes of Everlasting Values project
December 2021
EKA Jõuluturg (market) participation, Tallinn, Estonia
– with Kotatko project
2019
speaker at the lecture New City, Same Needs
– academic debate and workshop with experts
on the topic of acute problems of public space
– venue: CAMP, the Center for Architecture
and Metropolitan Planning, Prague
2019
competition Pudding in a New Form participant,
organized by Dr. Oetker®
– work submitted: Kriskros pudding mold project
– semifinalist
2019
competition exhibition participant
Student Design 2019, Prague
– work submitted: collection of haptic toys
– awarded: laureate
work experience
January 2024 – now
De Bonte Koe, Schiedam
– Webshop Captain
October 2023
Dutch Design Foundation
– Tour Guide for Dutch Design Week
December 2022 – now
independent design practice, Schiedam
2021 – now
formation of Fragrini start-up (under the Dermacol brand)
– branding and jewelry design, prototyping management
February 2023 – April 2023
Earnest studio internship, Rotterdam
– research, workshop preparation (for STORE STORE Rotterdam), prototyping
September 2022 – January 2023
David Derksen Design studio internship, Rotterdam
– outdoor lighting project research, visualisation, prototyping, fair stand design and realization Maison d´Object Paris, Dutch Design Week Eindhoven)
2021 – 2022
studio Huy
– lighting design development, retail interior realisation
2018 – 2020
sales assistant for Qubus Design shop and DOX Centre for
Contemporary Art in Prague
– communication with clients, help with the design process and copywriting
volunteering
February 2022 – May 2022
caretaker for AAAD, Prague
– taking care of, organising activities for and supervising Ukrainian refugee children under my fellow students’ initiative – daycare
July 2022
set designer for LFŠ Uherské Hradiště (international film festival)
January 2013 – January 2017
troop leader for Junák – Český skaut (Czech scout organization)
– educating and organizing activities for children
language skills
English – C2
Czech – native speaker
Dutch – A2
other skills/experience
sewing, weaving
resin, soap, plaster, porcelain casting
woodworking, woodcarving
lithography
cooking
programs I can work with
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere Pro
Rhinoceros
Keyshot
experience with Blender, Grasshopper, 3ds Max and SolidWorks
