Product Designer — India
Product Designer with Mechanical Engineering background
GOPALKRISHNA
PAI KANE
M.Des (Product Design),
B.E. (Mechanical)
Indian 25
gpaikane@gmail.com
+39 3890152741
career OBJECTIVE
With the desire of an engineer and concerns of a Product Designer, to strike the right balance between style and function of products. I intend to work in a creative, challenging environment that will hone my design skills and help me grow as a professional.
Assets
can effectively communicate ideas, quick learner and hardworking, flexible and adapt quickly to new working environments, able to work methodically under pressure, able to manage a team and enjoy work - ing with different cultures
Work Experience
Infiniti Modules Private Limited, Goa-India (http://www.impl.biz/)
Furniture Design and Development Intern
Feb2011-Aug2011
Domus Academy, Milan, Italy
Workshop 1: Revolution Design
Proj. Leader: Giovanni Lauda (Rotaliana)
Oct2011-Nov2011
Workshop 2: Design for Architecture
Proj. Leader: Gianandrea Barreca
Nov2011-Dec2011
Dec2011-Jan2012
Workshop 3: Beyond the Sustainable
Proj. Leader: Niko Koronis
Jan2012-Feb2012
Workshop 4: White Space
Proj. Leader: Claudia Raimondo
Workshop 5: Light '+'
Proj. Leader: Claudio Moderini
in collaboration with Rotaliana
Feb2012-Mar2012
Skills
Sketching - Rapid representation(digital and paper), communication of materials, scenarios
Problem Solving - Identifying and solving problems efficiently and creatively. Technically strong
Prototyping - Familiar with various materials and manufacturing pro - cesses, comfortable working with chip board, MDF, foam, clay, card boards, wood, metals and metal sheets
3D modeling - building 3d models digitally and rendering
Softwares
Adobe Photoshop CS5 (Advanced)
Adobe Illustrator CS5 (Advanced)
Adobe After Effects CS5 (Beginner)
Adobe InDesign CS5 (Intermediate)
Autodesk Sketchbook Designer 2011 (Advanced)
Rhinoceros 4.0 (Advanced)
Keyshot 3 (Advanced)
Solidworks 2010 (Intermediate)
Autodesk Maya 2010 (Advanced)
Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 (Beginner)
Pixologic Zbrush 4.0 r2 (Intermediate)
Other Interests/ Activities
was ranked 8th in table tennis by Goa Table Tennis Association (2004)
captained college table tennis team which secured runner-up spot for 2 consecutive years(2008, 2009)
play guitar and tabla(intermediate)