Zviad Tsikolia ( ka, ზვიად ციკოლია) (born July 14, 1971) is a
Georgian
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industrial design
Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advan ...
er. Since 2010 he is a leading in-house designer at the design bureau
STC Delta.
Biography
Zviad Tsikolia was born in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...
,
Georgia. Zviad studied at the
Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო სამხატვრო აკადემია) is one of the oldest universities in Georgia and Caucasus. It is located in central Tbilisi near ...
, faculty of Industrial Design.
His first success was at the republic-wide competition at
Poti
Poti ( ka, ფოთი ; Mingrelian: ფუთი; Laz: ჶაში/Faşi or ფაში/Paşi) is a port city in Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near t ...
in 1986, where his truck design won the Grand Prix. In 1987, Zviad was awarded the bronze medal on the Exhibit of People's Achievements in Moscow, where he presented his trailer design. In 1993 he became a leading designer at Air Georgia. One of the milestone achievements was the
Frankfurt Auto Show
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in 1997, where Zviad presented his
Bugatti
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Concept Car. In 2001, Zviad received an invitation from
Peugeot
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The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and the ...
on the position of a consultant. His Luxury Russo-Baltique Impression was exhibited in Villa d'Este in 2006 and at the
Geneva Auto Show in 2007. He was hired as a leading designer by the Japanese company DCI in the same year. Zviad moved to a Georgian design bureau Delta in 2010 where he designed first Georgian armored vehicle
Didgori. Zviad regularly takes part in a number of projects. He founded his own watch company UNIQ in 2011. In 2013–2014 he worked as a consultant to the company SAIC Motor, where he designed interior for the car concepts in development.
Tsikolia lives in Tbilisi. He is married to Marina Khorava, also a Georgian designer. They have two children, Buba and Iva.
Awards
* 1987 – Bronze medal awarded on the Exhibit of People's Achievements, Moscow;
* 1993 – Winner of the competition Air Georgia;
* 2001 – Winner of the Russo-Baltique competition;
* 2006 – Red Dot Design Award for the design of the Fashion Watch;
* 2011 – Medal of Honor (Georgia);
* 2013 – Vakhtang Gorgasali medal of 2nd degree;
* 2014 – Red Dot Design Award for the packaging design.
External links
Official site
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Industrial designers from Georgia (country)
Georgian designers
Living people
1971 births
Engineers from Tbilisi
Tbilisi State Academy of Arts alumni