Shrestha Kedia
Industrial Designer, Design Researcher
Mumbai, IndiaWork Experience
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd
Sr. Industrial Designer
Research and Design strategy in alignment with business objective and consumer needs to create overall innovation map and design direction for various brands of GCPL based out of India, Africa and Indonesia. Creating knowledge systems for stake holders across the world, identify scope of innovation for the company, design strategy and briefs based on need-gap understanding.
.Designing new products in collaboration with R&D, engineering and marketing teams based on inputs from consumer research and technology research and formulation requirement of the specific product category.
.Designing new products in collaboration with R&D, engineering and marketing teams based on inputs from consumer research and technology research and formulation requirement of the specific product category.
June 2015
- Present
India
Future Group
Furniture Designer
Responsible for design and development of new product ranges in Furniture segment from initial design brief, user and market research, concept development, sampling and production in wood, panel and engineered knockdown furniture.
• Project management from coordinating with multiple vendors based out of China, Malaysia and India for sampling and on field prototyping of new product designs.
• Project management from coordinating with multiple vendors based out of China, Malaysia and India for sampling and on field prototyping of new product designs.
February 2014
- May 2015
India
Godrej And Boyce
Industrial Designer (Manager)
Strategic design and development of user centric furniture through extensive consumer research and structured design methodology (ID methods).
• Major projects included designing extension of steel modular furniture system ‘Kreation’ to be manufactured by Godrej steel facility, flexible seating system supporting individuals to collaborate in coworking ‘Hubble’, tensigrity principle based dining table, Wall mounted unit for holding telephone, portable and alternative living solution for Urban Nomads
• Major projects included designing extension of steel modular furniture system ‘Kreation’ to be manufactured by Godrej steel facility, flexible seating system supporting individuals to collaborate in coworking ‘Hubble’, tensigrity principle based dining table, Wall mounted unit for holding telephone, portable and alternative living solution for Urban Nomads
May 2012
- January 2014
India
Moksh Couture Jewellery
Designer
Designer for high end precious couture jewellery sector for urban Indian Customers
2008
- 2009
Mumbai, India
Education
National Institute Of Design
Post-Grad in Industrial Design
3 yrs of post-grad studies with specialization in Furniture Design.
Ahmedabad, India
National Institute Of Fashion Technology
Bachelors of Design in Accessory design
Accessory design with specialisation in Precious products
Gandhi Nagar, India
Languages
English (Fluent),
Hindi (Native),
Bengali (Conversational),
Gujarati (Conversational),
Awards
Core77
core77 design awards
2013
Elle Decor
Park Elle Decor Student showcase
2013
Skills
3dsmax,
Autocad,
Concept Development,
CorelDraw,
Design Strategy,
Design Thinking,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Keyshot,
Market Research,
Photoshop,
Prototyping And Detailing,
Rhino,
Sketching,
User Research ,