Nanqian Xu
Design Research | Product Design xunanqian@gmail.com 001-773-910-6170 350 N Lasalle, 4th Institute of Design, Chicago, 60654
Objective
To create new products and services utilizing product design skills and user centered design view point plus understanding of different culture background
Education
Master of Design (2007-2009) | Chicago, IL, US Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology Bachelor of Design (2003-2007) | Shanghai, China Department of Mechanical Engineering, Donghua University
Work Experience
Gravity Tank, Mobile Solution 2011, Chicago, 05/09-07/09 Research and Strategy Intern • Engaged in ethnography research in Chicago and Shanghai to understand consumer insights, regional trends and constraints
• Worked with design and marketing team from client side to deliver research methodology • Identified opportunities and driven insights both in global level and regional level • Developed frameworks and presentation for reporting to the design and marketing team Design Management Institute (DMI), Short Term Plan, Chicago, 06/08-08/08 Strategy Intern • Engaged in workshop with DMI executive team to deliver short term and long term plan • Conducted workshop activities in planning for DMI 2008 Anniversary Conference • Authored short term development summery Sunflower Export Corp., Kitchen Hardware Design, Shanghai, 03/07-06/07 Product Design Part-time • Support user behavior through designing new form and patterns in kitchen appliances Institute of Design Projects
737 Aircraft Seat Design, Boeing Sponsored Seat design for providing better in flight experience for elderly people based on universal design principles through full scale aircraft mock-up
New Generation Insurance Product, Liberty Mutual Sponsored Explore insurance opportunity around people’s intangible value combined with LM’s strength of agent based sales model
Jeans Retail Design Define better retail experience using projection and runway lay-out. Introduce exhibition model in retail space
New Bus Design for Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) New bus design with full scale mock-up for concept generation and communication with clients and users
Software
3D Cad & Rendering: 3Dmax, Catia, Solidworks (certification of Solidworks Asian Pacific) 2D Graphics & documentation: Adobe Suite, CorelDRAW, Microsoft Office
Language
English (Fluent); Mandarin (Native); Germany (Basic)
Honors
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Finalist for 2008 Beijing Olympic Transportation Design (2007) Second-Prize (team prize) for Architecture Navigation System in College Town (2006) Timken “Art of Engineering” Merit Prize (2005) Excellence Award for Study, Donghua University (2005-2006) Scholarship to Donghua University (2004-2005) Zhou Chengyou Scholarship, Donghua University (2004-2005) Excellence Award for Social Work Donghua University (2003-2004)