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R & D Designer
Commerce, CA
Dec 2015 - Present (9 years)
• Developing new pattering techniques to maximize the company’s machines capabilities.
• Adding an aesthetical quality for the industrial approach of ceilings tiles at low cost.
• Producing shop drawings to fabricate in the factory’s workshop.
• Researching methods to incorporates perforations with lighting for acoustical goals.
• Making Design proposals based on sun direction, acoustical goals, and lighting goals
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Graduate Thesis
Pasadena, CA
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
• Conducted a qualitative Research process to understand the demographic, market and fabrication method.
• Synthesized research findings and articulated insights to inform and inspire design outcome, linking research threads together in frameworks to achieve desired design.
• Created ideations through sketches and physical mock-ups in ¼ scale for structural elements and fabric design.
• Prepared production drawings for fabrication. Including:
¼ scale model with dimension for metal tube frame.
Digital file for hot wire milling on foam.
Generated pattern design in Grasshopper, and produced files for CNC stitching.
Produced files for felt cut on CNC machine using Grasshopper, Pepakura, and autoCAD
• Rendered the design in five different suggested environments.
• Manufacturing the “Masnad” including: ordering materials, budget management, vendor communication and site visits.
• Executed prototype, presented the design and built the final exhibition.
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Interior Architect
Saudi Arabia
Nov 2011 - Feb 2012 (3 months)
• Designed and 3D rendered bed rooms in a villa including:
Master bedroom with the bathroom, two bedrooms for boys, a bed room for a girl and the basement sitting areas and a buffet in a Moroccan style.
• Prepared an interior design construction documents for two villas. Including:
Landscape plan and work details.
Ground/first floors dimension, furniture, ceiling and lighting plans and details.
Bath rooms/kitchen fixtures detailing.
Designed and 3D rendered for the master bedroom with the bathroom, a boy bedroom,
kitchen, the stairs, dinning/living room and guestroom using a modern approach.
• Created furniture plans, selected furniture for two duplexes in an apartment building
and 3D rendered and designed the master bedroom, men/women guest rooms.
• Designed a lobby in a villa in Dammam with 3D rendered scenes using Moroccan style.