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Ian Baker
Ames, IA
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About
Ian is an undergraduate student at Iowa State University in his final semester. Ian's design interests are based in social innovation, human capital, and sustainable development methods. While at ISU, he's also an Undergraduate Research Assistant working under Dr. Seda McKilligan. His primary research focus is with the Design Heuristics 77 Cards where he finds new product examples which exemplify either more incremental or more radical concepts applied to the same problem statement. Cycling, climbing, hiking, coffee, fly fishing, and reading in the offseason.
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Education
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Bachelors of Industrial Design Industrial DesignIowa State University2013 - Currently EnrolledConcentration in responsible and sustainable design practices. Emphasis on service design, design thinking methodology, and empathetic design.
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Experience
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Undergraduate Research AssistantIowa State UniversityAmes, IAJan 2016 - Present (8 years 10 months)Conducting research in the field of Ideation Flexibility under Associate Professor Seda Yilmaz, PhD. Using the Design Heuristics 77 Cards to improve ideation methods in engineers and product designers to effectively create a valuable and diverse set of ideas.
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Bar Manager / BartenderAmes, IASep 2015 - Present (9 years 2 months)Dependably serve drinks to individuals attending concerts at The Maintenance Shop. Duties include book-keeping of inventory, stocking, recycling bottles, checking ID's, and handling money. Customer service is always my priority.
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Sketch Instructor and Skill BuilderIndustrial Designers Society of AmericaAmes, IASep 2014 - Present (10 years 2 months)Responsible for bringing in guest lecturers to speak on subjects applicable to Industrial Design (i.e. portfolio building, public speaking, process book formatting, etc.). I also built my own curriculum to teach sketching techniques such as rapid ideation, idea grouping, and marker hierarchy to my peers.
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InternshipAmes, IAMay 2016 - Aug 2016 (3 months)Working alongside Chris Martin, Associate Professor of Furniture Design and Artist, I assisted in building furniture jigs, constructing prototypes, and digitally rendering furniture pieces for Chris’ Fulbright work at Cept University in India, Fall 2016.
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Schematic FormattingBell Helicopters, a Textron CompanyFort Worth, TXSep 2014 - May 2016 (1 year 8 months)Rendered hand-drawn electrical fuel line schematics from helicopters into digital files via Adobe Illustrator. Improved layout and ultimately readability of schematic.
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Sales AssociateWest Des Moines, IAMar 2011 - Jan 2016 (4 years 10 months)Outfitted customers with backpacking, climbing, hiking, and travel gear. Great customer service was necessary to inform users about current outdoor apparel and accessories. Stayed up to date on trends in the outdoor industry.
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IDSA Member
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@ibaker, member since 2016
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