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Kaan Gunel

Industrial & Product Designer

Curious, passionate, and creative with an emphasis
for simplicity and user experience. I thrive through
inspiration, appreciation, and collaboration.



Ongoing since 2023




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Ongoing since 2020

General Motors,
Fulltime Designer.

Lots of good stuff happening. Stay tuned.

Steelcase,
Summer Internship.

Worked in a collaborative and team based environment to conceptualize, develop, and test future product releases. Gained professional and real world design experience.

︎︎︎Worked alongside seniors and directors of design, engineering, project management, and manufacturing.
︎︎︎Assessed competitive benchmarking and trend research through exhibition visits at NeoCon 2022.
︎︎︎Brought ideas to life through hands on prototyping and model shop communication.
︎︎︎Conducted user testing to observe and identify areas for improvement within the prototyping phase.
︎︎︎Helped finalize an upcoming product series release for the future of the private office space.

College for Creative Studies,
Detroit Design Jam.

Worked collaboratively alongside varying professions for rapid, creative problem ideating, solving, and presentation.

︎︎︎Helped collaborate and inspire innovation with manufacturers in the Metro Detroit Region.
︎︎︎Created adaptable solutions for the limb loss community regarding outdoor recreation and apparel & accessories.
︎︎︎Initiated relationships between designers, manufacturers, makers, service providers, and customers.

Digital Spaces,
Freelance Designer.

Worked collaboratively with clients and a team to creatively and impactfully develop visions from ideas into reality.

︎︎︎Conducted and assessed client requests from concepts into tangible goods through research, ideation, refinement, and presentation.
︎︎︎Gained community wide reputation through service recommendations and increasing demand among varying business types.

Human Skills

︎︎︎Creative vision
︎︎︎Attention to detail
︎︎︎Public speaking
︎︎︎Sociability
︎︎︎Fast learning
︎︎︎Problem solving
︎︎︎Multi-tasking
︎︎︎Motivated

Design Skills

︎︎︎Researching
︎︎︎Ideating
︎︎︎Sketching
︎︎︎3D Modeling
︎︎︎Hands on prototyping
︎︎︎Photography
︎︎︎Rendering
︎︎︎Compositing
︎︎︎Showcasing

Education

Product Design BFA, College for Creative Studies,
Graduation 2023.

Awards

︎︎︎IDSA Student Merit Award Finalist
    2023
︎︎︎President’s list (+3.8gpa)
    2020, 2021
︎︎︎Dean’s list (+3.5gpa)
    2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

have a good day :)