Jaikrishna
Jayakumar
Portfolio
A passionate designer who gets deeply involved in the design process and can make design decisions keeping the user in mind and address their needs or aspirations through creative solutions and aesthetic execution. Enjoys working in a team and goes above and beyond to see that the projects are the best they can be. Enjoys brainstorming ideas for diverse projects, which comes from the curiosity to learn and share ideas in various fields.
2021 – 2023 MFA in Transportation Design
- GPA – 3.47/4
User research
Brand analysis
Brainstorming and ideation
Storyboarding
Design methods and processes
Sketch ideation
Digital clay sculpting
Visualisation and rendering
Creative problem solving
Adobe Creative Suite
Gravity Sketch
Blender3D
Zbrush
Unreal Engine
Autodesk Fusion360
VR Scenario mock-ups
3D Printing
Arduino programming
Clay and Styrofoam models
2016 – 2020 B.Des in Product Design
- CGPA – 9.43/10
College for Creative Studies, Detroit
Design thinking Software Prototyping
PES University, Bangalore
Summary
Education
Skills
May 2022 – Dec 2023 Transportation Design Graduate Assistant June 2022 – Dec 2023 Student Ambassador
May 2019 – July 2019 Product Design Intern
June 2018 – August 2018 Furniture Design Intern
Jan 2019 – March 2019 Product Design Intern
July 2022 – August 2022 Transportation Design Teaching Assistant July 2022 – July 2022 Youth Summer Experience Faculty
- Assisting the department in inhouse projects and creation of teaching material for students
- Designing and planning the fabrication process of lamps for the department presentation walls. Invited to the Arctic Design Week in Rovaniemi, Finland by BRP for final round of the competition In a team of three, won the design competition at the product design workshop. Portfolio picked as the best portfolio in Product design at that year’s PES University annual exhibition 2nd position in the time trial event (160cc), 2020 3rd position in the time trial event (160cc), 2019 38th position out of the 5000+ participants
- Showcasing capabilities of Gravity Sketch through a personal project and helping the dev team with feedback on current and beta builds of gravity sketch
- Design and visualization of peripheral systems for their scooter network being developed
(Docking station, Battery dock, Battery pack)
- Furniture design as part of their primary school expansion
- Design of their bio-purifier and application of the technology into the design before the investor pitch for second round of funding.
- Worked on the working prototype of the final design.
- Assisting the faculty of pre-college summer experience with teaching and supervising studio hours for the summer experience students
- Setting up the curriculum and conducting classes for summer camp students College for Creative Studies, Detroit
Finalist in BRP International Design Competition 2023 Best designer award at TEQZO Masterclass workshop
Best portfolio award at Prakalpa, 2019
Podium spots at TVS Racing Experience (Motorcycle trackday event) Final round qualifier in VW Motorsports eSports Tournament Gravity Sketch Student Ambassador
TRESMOTO
Amaatra Academy
Leafbox
College for Creative Studies Precollege
Experience
Achievements