About Me
PASSIONATE ABOUT DESIGN AND PEOPLE
I started out a wannabe painting conservator.
I gravitated toward anthropology because
I'm fascinated by the difference and the commonality of culture, of how humans tell stories about our world.
I landed in design because it gives a voice to these interests —
solve a need in ways that magnify the mundane,
re/contextualising the invisible.
As a coach to other designers, I pose questions to push beyond the expected.
CONTACT:
DONAABUAF@GMAIL.COM
+31 (0) 65 081 6908
EXPERIENCE
01.2021 — Present
SENIOR DESIGN DIRECTOR
Story Department / Nike Retail Design
Nike EHQ Hilversum, Netherlands.
08.2017 — 01.2021
DESIGN DIRECTOR
Story Department / Nike Retail Design
Nike EHQ Hilversum, Netherlands.
01.2015 — 08.2017
ART DIRECTOR
Story Department / Nike Retail Design
Nike EHQ, Hilversum, Netherlands.
09.2013 — 12.2014
ART DIRECTOR
Womens + Running / Nike Brand Design
Nike EHQ, Hilversum, Netherlands.
10.2010 — 09.2013
SENIOR DESIGNER
Global Football then Womens + Running / Nike Brand Design
Nike EHQ, Hilversum, Netherlands.
09.2006 — 10.2010
MID WT DESIGNER
Womens / Nike Brand Design
Nike EHQ, Hilversum, Netherlands.
07.2005 — 08.2006
MID WT DESIGNER
Tennis, Womens + Kids /
Nike Brand Design
Nike WHQ, Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
03.2003 — 07.2005
DESIGNER
Womens + Running /
Nike Brand Design
Nike WHQ, Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
03.2002 — 03.2003
FREELANCE DESIGNER
Anne Burdick Design Design
LosAngeles, California, USA
EDUCATION
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Pasadena, California.
Bachelor of Arts /
Major in Graphic Design + Motions Graphics
REED COLLEGE
Portland, Oregon.
Bachelor of Arts / Major in Anthropology.
SACI
Florence, Italy.
6 month Study Abroad /
Art History, Art conservation + Fine Arts.
PNCA
6 Month Interim Study /
Photography + Fine Arts.
Portland, Oregon.
AFS
Year Abroad, French High School Immersion.
Poitiers, France.
COLLABORATION
Creative Agencies
Bear + Bunny / AMS
Brinkworth / UK
Golden / UK
Hotel / UK
FictionFactory / AMS
Random / AMS
Artists, Photographers + Illustrators
Carlos Serrao
Jamie Cullen
Valistika
Kazuki
Matt Maitland
Aurelia Durand
Lisa Tegtmeier
Fausto Montanari
Linn Fritz
Yukai Du
Barrie Hullegie