
PHILIP LAU
Industrial Designer
www.philiplaudesign.com
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design ‧ RISD
BFA Industrial Design ‧ 2014 - 2018
Honor Roll Student ‧ GPA 3.9
Brown University
Spanish Studies ‧ 2017 - 2018
Edinburgh College of Arts ‧ ECA
Product Design ‧ 2017
JOB EXPERIENCE
Chronicle Books
Industrial Design Fellow ‧ 2018 - Present
Work across different publishing groups to develop new products and packaging. Considered point of purchase, cost, and shipping. Manage international vendor relationships to ensure production quality.
PBteen
DecAcc Design Intern ‧ Summer 2017
Expanded space saving dorm line with other interns. Responsibility also includes assisting designers to iterate products and produce design specs.
RISD Admissions office
Tour Guide Manager ‧ 2015 - 2018
Expanded space saving dorm line with other interns. Responsibility also includes assisting designers to iterate products and produce design specs.
RISD Industrial Design
Metal Shop Monitor ‧ 2016 - 2018
Maintained and ensured safe use of equipments in the metal shop. Assist professors and students in class during demonstrations of tools.
SKILLS
Software
Rhino ‧ SolidWorks ‧ KeyShot ‧ Fusion 360
Brazil ‧ Grasshopper ‧ Photoshop ‧ InDesign
Illustrator ‧ Sketch ‧ HTML ‧ CSS ‧ Microsoft Office Suit
Prototyping & Ideation
Metal machining ‧ Wood forming
Sketching ‧ Marker Rendering ‧ Hacking
CNC Milling ‧ Glass Blowing ‧ Drafting
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIP
Fred M. Roddy Memorial Scholarship
MIT Hacking Medicine Sponsor Award
The Clive Lambourn Memorial Prize
Roivant Science Sponship Award
Thomas Alva Edison Industrial Design Award
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
PRAISE-HK
Freelance ‧ 2019
Commissioned by HKUST to develop a user-centric smart city app to summarize complex street level pollution data and health risk information. Created wire-frames, UI and, background illustrations.
Fellowship Campaign
Chronicle Books ‧ 2018
Provided art direction and designed campaign materials such as posters, postcards, and social media assets to advertise the fellowship program.
Gap UrbanLite Arox Bra
MIT and Gap Inc ‧ Spring 2018
Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team at MIT to develop a user friendly, versatile, comfortable day to night bra that allows women to transition from office to the gym with ease.
First Responder Headlamp
Brown University and RI Hospital ‧ Fall 2017
Partnered with RI hospital EMT team and Brown university engineers to develop and design a headlamp to ease airway examination during emergency situations in the field.
Breatheasy
UK National Health Service ‧ Spring 2017
Research life styles of asthmatic youth and developed a wearable and mobile app to provide social network and support.
PERSONAL INTEREST
Repurposing ‧ Jumping photos ‧ Bright socks
Dancing ‧ LGBT films ‧ Bike share ‧ Isometric art
LANGUAGES
English ‧ Native proficiency
Cantonese ‧ Native proficiency
Mandarin ‧ Working proficiency
Spanish ‧ Beginner proficiency
EXHIBITION
2018 Industrial Design Senior Show
2017 ECA Product Design Exhibition
2015 Foundation Studies Triennial
CONTACT
philip.hy.lau@gmail.com
605.951.0228