About
With more than 15 years of experience in product design, development and innovation field, Jose is a former Yamaha Senior Product Designer (2011-2015) one of top global innovators corporations. Since 2015 June, after living four years in Japan, Jose González is Chief Innovation Officer at Zumex Group a Certified European Innovative SME.
His goal is make innovation happens. In his professional career has been working in creative teams, using tools such as “design thinking”. Jose has studied at IESE Business School “Promoting Innovation within your Organization”, “Digital Transformation” and “Leading Strategic Projects” that granted him an Executive Education Certificate.
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EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS AND TALKS
2024
“Human Centered design to Innovate in product design” UMA University talk, Malaga SPAIN.
2023
“IF Design Award 2023” Soul series 2 Zumex, Berlin GERMANY.
2022
“Diseño, Tecnología y Circularidad. Explorando nuevas formas de creación.” Round table, World Design Capital, Valencia SPAIN.
“El mejor diseño del año” Expo Zumex Soul series 2, Juny , Barcelona Design Museum, SPAIN.
“Diseño de Productos, servicios y experiencias.” Round table, Radio inteview 99.9 Plaza Radio, Valencia SPAIN.
“Mejor Máquina del año” HOT Awards 2022. Restauración News. Juny Madrid SPAIN.
“Por qué aplicar (o no) la innovación abierta. Exitos, intentos y fracasos” Round table. CEEI Valencia. July, SPAIN.
“Diseño y Reciclaje” Round table. Veles e Vents Valencia. Dec, SPAIN.
2021
“El impacto económico del diseño en las empresas” Talk, Fundación Conexus & Valencia Design Capital. Feb. Madrid (on-line), SPAIN.
“World Design Capital 2022. Agenda´ s official announcement. Organization, and the International Advisory Committee Welcoming event.” Nov. Valencia, SPAIN.
2020
Round table “Economía Creativa y Creativos en la Economía”, June. Valencia, SPAIN.
“Diseño valenciano (2009-2019), productos para un mundo global” Sept. Alcoy, SPAIN.
2019
Innovation Training. AJEV, “Innovation at our organizations” Valencia, SPAIN.
FTALKS19 “Trends, disruption and challenges in food ecosystem” Valencia, SPAIN.
2018
Lecture. The case of Valencian Design, “European Parliament” Brussels, BELGIUM.
Lecture. Desarrollo de producto en mercados complejos, CEEI Valencia, SPAIN.
2017
Lecture. Design Thinking Process, “ValenciaLab” Florida Universitaria, SPAIN.
Radio Interview. Sábado Verde, “La Once Diez” Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
Lecture. Business Mindsets, “Blue Oceans” ELISAVA University, SPAIN.
2016
Guest Teacher at ELISAVA, Master in Research for Design and Innovation. Barcelona, SPAIN.
Lecture. #4SCD – Sevilla Indivisible Knowledge, SPAIN.
La Hora del Diseño. Group Exhibition, HONDURAS.
2015
Ah a May Project, Saint-Étienne Biennale du Design, FRANCE.
Ah a May Project, Frankfurt Messe, GERMANY.
La hora del diseño, Madrid, SPAIN.
Ah a May Project, Yamaha Award, JAPAN.
Two Yamahas One passion, Roppongi Hills Tokyo, JAPAN.
Product Design Highlight Project, Bamboo Battery, BEHANCE.
Product Design Highlight Project, 0±0 / ELECTRIC-POWER ASSISTED BICYCLE BEHANCE.2014
Lecture. Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración, Unidad Tepepan. Video conference MEXICO.
Design conversation at Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, JAPAN.
2013
Design conversation at Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, JAPAN.
2010
Saint-Étienne Biennale du Design, FRANCE.
Young Design Talent -Zaragoza Design Show (ZDS), SPAIN.
2009
Entrantes Valencia, SPAIN.
Creative Weekend Madrid, SPAIN.
2008
Nude. New spanish design, SPAIN.
2007
Nude. New spanish design, SPAIN.
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PUBLICATIONS
2024
“NUEVE PATRONES DE USO DE DISEÑO EN LAS ORGANIZACIONES” Zumex as collaborator of the thesis, February.
2022
“ADI-BOOK 2022” Zumex Soul series 2, July.
2021
Interview for Forbes, “Sostenibilidad y digitalización: el diseño valenciano aporta valor a la transformación industrial”, July.
2020
Interview for EmpleaTech, March.
2019
Reddit, Blog de innovación -Creatividad, diseño y pasión para exprimir la innovación- July.
Economía del disseny, Agencia Valenciana de la Innovació, Feb.
2017
Economía3 Magazine, Florida Universitaria y Economía3 “round table”, Jul. 2017
2016
Plaza Magazine, Oct. 2016
Yanko Design blog, Sept. 2016
2015
ID Mag. web, May. 2015
Proyecta56, Interview 7pages, Apr. 2015
Valencia Plaza blog, July 2015
2014
US patent D718374, Cp4 Stage, Nov. 2014
2013
Daysign p.36-41 n.3 Dec. 2013
Voice developer, Cp4/Cp40 Stage brochure p.17, 2013.
DissenyCV Blog, Oct 2013.
2012
Spanish ,p. 28 n.39 Spring 2012.
2011
Bolingen (Berlinske, Danish newspaper) 2011.
Spanish ,p. 21 n.36 Summer 2011.
2009
Surface. NY, Sept. 2009.
ID Mag. NY,p.80 May 2009
Experimenta April 2009.
2008
Proyecto Contract p.51 n.54 2008.
AD (Sp) Nov.2008.
Designboom blog, Dec.2008
CasaBasic 2008.
2007
[Di4*] ed. CDICV. p.23 n.4 2007