WEI-HSIN LAI Industrial Designer User Experience Designer

whlai@weihsinlaidesign.com 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