Arshad Asaaf Industrial Designer
arshadasaaf@gmail.com
Phone
+91 8778282131
Skype Portfolio
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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/arshadasaaf Behance https://www.behance.net/arshadasaaf
‘I design and iterate until it is explainable to my mother over the phone. There’s no need in complicating something when it is designed by humans, for humans’
Personal Work
Education LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, UK
(2018 - 2019)
DJI RONIN-L | Thesis Project
(2017 - 2018)
Incorporated intensive research and ergonomic study, to design an inclusive camera stabilizer for people with physical limitations. Focused on inclusive UI by conducting user test. Improvising the Metal Workshop skills and Arduino coding for the Prototypes.
M. Sc Integrated Industrial Design ISD RUBIKA, INDIA Product Design Management ANNA UNIVERSITY, INDIA
(2013 - 2017)
Work Experience TEQZO Consulting | Bangalore (Intern) 6 months -Supported the ID team in drawing insights, creating concepts and visualisations for various ID projects -Created wireframes, prototypes and final UI design for a baby activity tracking app
LUA | Individual
1 month
Understanding design trends and new interfaces from Bio-inspired attributes. Opportunity to create extensive Visualisation and Storytelling ability using the given set of resources, to create a Bluetooth Speaker.
Skills
MasterClass BIC | Victor D’Halluin Redesigning the Stationary Experience in the rural parts of India. Creating solutions for a more secured storage device that eliminates frequent buying habit.
ALTRAN | Vincent Picasso Designed an Autonomous Service for teenagers, looking to buy their first car. User Needs, Pain points and Gain points were created to understand the key problems.
DESIGN PROCESS
DESIGN TOOLS
• Sketching • Rendering • Quick Prototyping • Foam Modelling • Clay Modelling • Arudino • Metal & Machinary • DFM
• Adobe Suite • Rhinoceros • Solidworks • Alias Speedform • Fusion 360 • Keyshot • Figma (Beginner)
RESEARCH
Partnership Project 4 months
To design a Modular Room Partition inspired by Mashrabiyas for the Gulf Region. Involvement in creating mood-boards, extensive sketching and low-fidelity mock-ups.
THEREFORE DESIGNS | Nitin Virkar
2 months
Created a new mouse typology by blending a standard mice with a vertical mice. Used a wide range of product development methods, from Clay Modelling, 3D scanning to 3D Printing.
BEng Mechanical Engineering
HOME CENTRE | Michel Vandamme
MICROSOFT PALM | Individual
4 months
4 months
Exploring the application of Honeycomb Cardboards in different sectors. Understanding the need for a new material in an existing product sector and creating meaningful proposition for a newer and more sustainable alternates.
• Report Writing • Survey • Interviews • Data Collection • Mind Mapping • Storyboarding • Affinity Diagram
Language • English • Hindi • Urdu •Tamil