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Ivan Gu - Industrial Designer
 

Education
 

2017 - 2021                       Zhejiang University City College / Industrial Design
                                          University of Waikato / Computer Graphic Design

2021 - 2023                      Parsons School of Design / MFA Industrial Design
 

Experience
 

2023.8 - Present             Industrial Designer  / Southern Telecom , New York

Designed and developed electronics products, weekly accomplish 3 to 5 projects and produce more than 20 renders with high productivity and creativity.

 

Designed over 100 landed products. 70% of the designed products are sold in North American retailers including Walmart, and Target; Exhibited in world-renowned product trade shows such as CES, Toy Fair
 

Presented to clients and factory, including instructional sheets, and CMF information
 

Produced more than 300 package renders in different sizes and structures for products from all categories

Summer 2020                  Industrial Designer Intern & User Experience Designer Intern / ISYSCORE , Hangzhou

Participated in the construction of ventilation system by user experience analysis, use softwares to create 3D demo animation resources (gif & mp4)

Understood and visualized corporate culture, then created 3 different corporate IP schemes, which were opptimized for the final use

Participated in user experience design process of the inventory management system product line (UI/UX)

Modified and improved the interactive design output of the system product line and made it more logical

Assisted in improving the team's interaction design ability and share design experience

 

Spring 2020                     Student Product Designer / UNIQLO

Designed 3 short sleeves plans with different fruits and company logo elements according to the needs and preferences of consumers in summer

Evaluated the product market prospect by users interview

Activities
 

Summer 2023                  SOMMWHERE EXHIBITION - "UNMAKING, MAKING, REMAKING" , New York

Thesis Work Exhibitors - "The Column Chair"

Reorganized the bean bag with a new form and structure based on the needs of young console gamers, pursuing ergonomics, aesthetics, and flexibility

Skills
 

Rhinoceros

Keyshot

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Sketches

Language
 

English (Fluent), Mandarin (Native)

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