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Zviad Tsikolia (born on July 14, 1971) is a Georgian industrial designer. Since 2010 Zviad is a leading in-house designer at the design bureau Delta. His wife, Marina Khorava, is also a Georgian designer. They have two children together – Buba and Iva.

Biography

Zviad Tsikolia was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father - Valerian Tsikolia was a director, while his mother – Medea Bukhradze was an actress. Zviad loved technology from early childhood, particularly airplanes. He was only 8 when he started studying transport design in the Young Technicians’class. After graduating from high school, Zviad got enrolled in the Tbilisi ArtAcademy, faculty of Industrial Design.

His first Grand Prix was in 1986, when his truck design won in the republic-wide competition. 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 in 1997, where Zviad presented his Bugatti Concept Car. In 2001, Zviad received an invitation from Peaugeot 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.

Zviad’s portfolio includes many more successful projects, such as Russo-Baltique Impression, Rolls Royce-coupe (for British collector), exterior and interior designs for French auto producers, interior and exterior for small business airplanes; private architecture and interior designs; furniture and packaging, particularly bottle design. His works are published by Carstyling, Auto&Design, Auto Bild, Auto review, Super cars, GQ, Le, Style, Really Good Packaging, Big Book of Packaging, Design and Design, and many others. Today Zviad Tsikolia lives in Tbilisi. He is working on a number of new projects. Zviad is also educating a new generation of designers.

Among his awards and titles are:

• 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 - Vakhtan Gorgasali medal of 2nd degree; • 2014 - Red Dot Design Award for the packaging design.

Links www.tsikoliadesign.com www.uniqwatches.com Zviad Tsikolia designtbilisi.ge, desigrespondent - ზვიად ციკოლია (Geo.)