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My name is Dhaval. I graduated from California College of the Arts with an Industrial Design degree in Spring 2020. My particular interest is in footwear design and soft goods design. The idea of raw materials being conditioned and combined to create a functional product that can so drastically enhance the consumers way of life fascinates me. From the rough paper napkin sketches to the stitch length during fabrication I enjoy every bit of the process. When I’m not sketching shoes I’m somewhere buying a new pair.

Jason Wang is an Industrial Designer based in San Francisco. Born in the Bay Area and raised in Taiwan, Jason's dual cultural background makes him a good problem-solver. He graduated from CCA in May 2020. The curriculum at CCA has taught Jason to be an innovative designer. His projects in school relate to diverse fields, such as gastronomy, consumer electronics, social impact, and transportation. Jason is proficient in sketching, CAD, form exploration, and concept development.

Prior to studying design in CCA, Jason had professional art training since he was in Primary school. The fundamentals of drawing and aesthetic judgment allowed him to excel through the ID program at CCA. He has been very productive and constantly looks for opportunities outside of the classroom. In freshman year, he worked as an intern for Fox Asia Groups for graphic design. Jason also served as a part-time creative consultant for Alpi International for creating production strategy and potential creative projects. As a young designer, Jason' experience with these prestigious companies has honed his skills as a professional.

During his summer internship with Western Digital in 2019, Jason helped prepare several upcoming products for the market. Some projects included conducting professional research, updating old models, and designing new products for the market. The quantitative and qualitative research was a very interesting project that predicted the popular colors in trend for the year 2020. Jason's participation in product developments included creating form concepts, building prototypes, and usability testings. Working with managers and engineers to refine his design, Jason also presented many of his own concepts in internal meetings and one is being made into production. Jason has accepted the return offer from Western Digital and will be working as a full-time industrial designer starting in July at Milpitas, California.

Travel is one of his favorite hobbies. Jason has traveled to a lot of places around the globe. Apart from Asia and North America, he had been to France, Germany, the U.K., Austria, and more. With these travel experiences, Jason learned to be more curious and think creatively. The interaction and appreciating different cultures turned these curiosities into discoveries. Upon returning from any trips feels rejuvenating. Traveling teaches Jason not only about new perspectives in beauty but also finding them in small things in our everyday life. Currently, Jason is working on his final semester in school. He can be contacted at jasonwang@cca.edu or (562)396-8666 and invites connections at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwangid

Due to the extensive work hours, coach drivers utilize their driver seat as their secondary home to live in. The drivers would gathertheir personal belongings and essential items such as portable radio, then place them around their seats. Some may perceive their seats to be filthy and messy. Due to such circumstances, the drivers sometimes may have trouble finding their belongs when needed. Additional, thievery is another issue for the drivers. For example, when the driver leave their bus to visit a rest stop, they may find some of their belongings stolen by the time they get back to the bus.To resolve those issues, I propose to design a work bag that provide organization and protection. This bag can be packed easily, and placed on the driver seat. A logo named "KAI" is originally named after a coach driver named Kai Semmelmann.The triangular logo on the bag resembles the pattern on their seat. A curvature was utilized on the right side of the product in order to enable opening the bag more easily.

Sabrina Nassar, a Maui-born designer, is an industrial design student minoring in computational practice at California College of the Arts. As a direct result of growing up in Hawaii, she takes inspiration from nature and its diverse and complementary systems. She enjoys the fluidity of painting and the logic of robotics, always balancing art and function in her practice. She makes practical design decisions based on sustainability while still creating sculptural and emotional forms. She is an ambitious, resourceful, Philomath with a passion for robotics, technology, design, and making.

This is Sunny Sinhye Kim from San Francisco. I was born in Seoul, South Korea, where I learned drawing, painting, and sculpting. I will graduate spring 2020 at California College of the Art in San Francisco, United States with Industrial and product design (BFA). I believe that a bit of happiness from design is the most important to users and designers. It can be visual, functional or even after-used.

Originally, I majored in computer science. When I completed one complex installation project after another, the exposed parts, motherboards and cables made me realize that no matter how good the program and the exquisite structure were, without good design and humanized interaction, they would never be recognized by the market. Therefore, I switched to industrial design with my understanding of program and structure, aspiring to integrate excellent technology with perfect design.