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WEI-HSIN LAI Industrial Designer User Experience Designer
[email protected] 480-295-1313 www.weihsinlaidesign.com Rochester, NY
Kodak Alaris Inc. (Rochester, NY)Interaction Design InternResponsible for the UX role of the value discovery of 3D printing project. Facilitated the team (1 product owner and 1 technical engineer) to familiarize with the value discovery tools and conducted the user research, including recruiting 14 participants, preparing interview protocol, interviewing, collecting and analyzing data. Planned product discovery workshops and identified product opportunities for the future product development.
Peter Solomon Design (Savannah, GA)Freelance Industrial DesignerContributed to the phase of concept generation and idea visualization with the format of hand sketching and digital rendering for the project of TWITCH keyboard design.
Working Class Studio (Savannah, GA)Product Design InternSelected to the limited edition product group and designed new products in the home decoration market.
Kinghan Technology Co., Ltd (Taipei, Taiwan)Graphic User Interface DesignerDesigned the graphic user interface (visual comps, color theme, typeface) of the emergency alarm system for Southern Taiwan Science Park and Powerchip Semiconductor Corp.
06.2012 ~ 07.2012
03.2010 ~ 05.2010
05.2006 ~ 07.2007
04.2014 ~ Present
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
PUBLICATIONS
Master of Fine Art in Industrial DesignMaster of Art in Design ManagementSavannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
09.2007 ~ Present
Bachelor of Arts in Advertising & Public RelationsMinored in Applied Art (Graphic Design)Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
09.2001 ~ 06.2005
Ren design: empowering people to create social impact in perspective of Confucian philosophy, Thesis (M.F.A.)Savannah, Ga.: Savannah College of Art and Design
03.2013
Design for Good: Empowering People to Create Social Impact in the Perspective of Confucian PhilosophyIDSA's education papers gallery, http://www.idsa.org /
08.2012
Multi-functional Snow Pusher Design with PromoZoneChicago, MIModified the current structure of cargo trailer design and created the concept of multi-functional snow pusher.
12.2013 ~ 03.2014
Netbook UI Design with Freescale SemiconductorAustin, TXConducted the contextual research and Developed the UI wireframe and prototype of Netbook design, especially for the non-touch screen. The result was presented in Computex Taipei 2009.
03.2009 ~ 05.2009
Selected by the IDSA and presented in the Poster Session of Education Symposium of the International IDSA Conference, Boston, MA 08.2012
Lighting Design was selected as the promotion material for SCAD, such as the cover of school calendar and website 01.2010
The Intelligent Hand - MACEF Design Award Massimo Martini 2010 – Shortlist(Organized by designboom, in collaboration with MACEF) 01.2010
2009 Incheon International Design Awards - Shortlist(Organized by designboom, in collaboration with Incheon City, Korea) 09.2009
2010 SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival (group session) - Second Place 04.2010
2009 SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival (Individual session) - First Place 04.2009
PROJECTS
HONORS
Hand Sketching, 2D & 3D Digital Rendering, Rapid Prototype, Manufacturing Process, Business Plan, Strategy Development, Persona and Scenario development, GUI Design, Usability Testing.
Quantitative Research: Survey design, Statistical analysis, SPSS, A/B TestingQualitative Research: Contextual inquiry, affinity diagram, Interview, Focus Group, Observation, Cultural Prob, Usability Testing, Journal Studies.
Mandarin (Native)English (Fluent)Japanese (Qualified for the third level test)Cantonese (Familiar)
SCAD Honors Award & Incentive Scholarship 03.2013 ~
Skills
Cellphone Design with BmobileSavannah, GADesigned a family product, including a bar phone, a qwerty phone, and a smartphone, for the low-end market in South America.
09.2013 ~ 11.2013
2009 American Craft Council ShowBaltimore, MDSelected by the jury organized by the professors from furniture, jewelry, and fiber design, to exhibit my lighting design in 2009 ACC Show.
09.2008 ~ 02.2009
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPointAdobe Creative Suite CC: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, After Effects3D Program: Alias, 3D Max, Maya, Keyshot, Solidworks
Professional Design Computer Software Research Language
