INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER JORDEN CHEN
I believe all the designs are derive from, and evolove to satisfy basic human need. With that said, I wish to polish my skills as a designer to help the world I am living in a better place.
Jorden Chen
Education San Jose State University, Industrial Design B.S. Ohlone Community College, General Education Experiences Homelegance Furniture company, Office Assistant Responsibilities included construction documents and assist personal projects. Ohlone College Speech lab, Intern/ Tutor Help students develop outlines and presentation skills for communication classes.
2013-Current 2011-2013 2013-2014
2013 Spring
Skills Sketching, rendering, prototyping, product photography, Illustrator, Photoshop, Solidworks, Keyshot, InDesign, Microsoft office
Languages English Mandarin Certificate Certified Solidworks Associate Reference Available upon request
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EVOLVE Tricase Design for Urban Explorers Branding/ Marketing/ Production
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A New Brand for Urban Explorers. Urban explorers, traveling creatives who wants to show their taste and personality through the products they use.
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EVOLVE’s workflow:
Branding
Team Research
Branding EVOLVE
Poduct
Team 1 PenCase
Team 2 WhiteBoard
Marketing
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Team Marketing
Team Ideation
Competitors Research
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Material
Unique Unexpected
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The New Brand - Personal, Functional, Powerful. Wallet
Personal: developed with the user in mind, to be utilized in different contexts. Functional: Usable, practical, assicaited with an interaction to the user. Powerful: Used to help define user, represents who they are.
Holder
Case
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A New Language The new design redefines a product that people use in their everyday life. We evolved the pen case. The design conveys an uniqueness for the users while considering manufacturing methods for mass production.
Textile Hinge Tab
Magnet
Hidden Tin Sheet For Magnet
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Embrace Personal Smart Speaker Color/ Material/ Finish/ Manufacturing processes
Bluetooth
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IoT
Wireless Power
Low Volume and High Volume Design with Similar Language. Use the same design language to design a product with low volume and high volume production. In order to attract persona from different backgrounds with similar interest.
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Elegant, Innovative, Personal
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Low Volume Successful businessman willing to try the most advanced technology. Enjoy sports and nature during their leisure time. Highly evaluate the importance of entertainment and living quality.
High Volume Young men around their 20’s. Share the similar interest with the businessman but need a more cost-effective resolution to be able to afford the product.
Final
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Low Volume Production Volume: 1,000 Production Cost: $ 1270 Retail Price: $ 4000
Wood adds a sense of natural, warm, personality Anodized black aluminum creates prestige, value, and a sense of timelessness. 15
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High Volume Production Volume: 100,000 Production Cost: $ 76 Retail Price: $ 280
The rubber texture is inspired by protective sports equipment based on the persona’s interest. Black and red colors show that this product has advnaced technology and reflects the persona’s personality. 17
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Sand Casting
Sand Casting
3D Printing CNC
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Injection Molding
Multi-shot Injection Molding
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Offering Design for a Sustainable Future Sustainable design/ System design
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Our world deserves a better air quality, and more sustainable products. 22
Air Purifier Redesign, Every Part Counts in the Lifecycle. Break down the orignal product into parts and find out the product’s life cycle. Use Okala praticioner as a guide to quantify the environmental impact of the product in each stage of its life. 23
Design a System, Not Just a Product. A product’s lifecycle involves many stages. The new design explores opportunities in the entire system and reduces the product’s environmental impact from a holistic perspective.
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Modular
Modular design allows replaceable parts.
FlatPack
Reduce volume and easy to maintainance.
Planter
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Use natural organism as part of the product.
Packaging is part of the product.
Easy maintainance and disassembly.
Use living organisms in the system as a natural air purifier.
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Air Purifier and Package Mockups
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Recycled ABS and local manufacturer.
Innovation, Integrated an associated product to increase the total lifetime.
The rectangle design reduce wasted space.
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Increase Lifetime, Reduce Impact. The overall impact is reduced to below 30% with the new system. Compared with the original product. Users can enjoy fresh air with this new product with much less impact to the environment.
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Expedition Design for Emergency Survival Situation Product design/ Ergonomics/ UI
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Safty First in your Advanture. The design will combine new technology with traditional tool to ensure people have a safe advanture.
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What might happen during your advanture?
50% of the injuries resulted in broken bone and sprain. 55% of the outdoor injuries are Span, strain, fracture. 48% of the primary cause of outdoor injurieies are falling. 25% of the emergency room visits are the result of outdoor activities. 1,197,000 fracture occurs each year due to outdoor activities.
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When you get hurt in the wild. Products in the current market are either cheap or complicated. They required professional knowledge to use. The opportunity here is to create a new design that is intuitive for the users and help them without professional knowledge.
Twig + Piece of Cloth
First Aid Kit with 25+ products
Design Opportunity
Professional Fracture Kit + 3 lbs
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Need some help, but how? The concepts developed from a variety of emergency equipments into a splint with high-end technology. The final direction using 3D scanner technology and processor to help evaluate the situation.
Diagnosis
Bleeding & Laceration
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Traditional Professional Tool
Smart Medical Advisor
Fracture & Sprain
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Under Construction Project Expedition is still in progress. Will update in 2016 May.
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Submarine Surface Modeling & Rendering Submarine toy designed in Solidworks and rendered in Keyshot.
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Bicycle Customized model building
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Finale.
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