Dhiren J N — Product Designer

Industrial

A focused selection of industrial design projects that show how I move from problem framing and research to form resolution, prototyping, and final outcome.

01 — INDUSTRIAL

MADSKY — Dustbin Redesign

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Oil Packaging

02 — INDUSTRIAL

Hair & Body Oil Packaging

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03 — INDUSTRIAL

Material & Form Study

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Other Work

Local When You're Not a Local

A design research and intervention project helping first-time Mumbai local train commuters navigate the unwritten rules of urban transit.

Design Research Service Design

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Fantasia

A gesture-based audiovisual experiment that turns touch into synchronized sound and light.

Physical Computing Audiovisual

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Design Research

Research projects centered on behaviour, context, and systems thinking to shape stronger design decisions.

Research Systems

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About

Product & Industrial Designer

I’m a product and industrial designer focused on behaviour-driven objects and material-led thinking.

I work across physical products, interface systems, and prototypes, shaping concepts from problem framing through refinement and final resolution. I’m currently looking for internship and full-time opportunities where I can contribute rigorous process, clear visual thinking, and hands-on making.

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01 — Behaviour First

I design by observing how people actually use things, not how they are supposed to. Behaviour reveals friction, workarounds, and the moments that deserve form.

02 — Material Honesty

Materials are not decoration. They shape interaction, durability, manufacturing logic, and how a product is understood at first touch.

03 — Systems Thinking

Every product belongs to a larger ecosystem of production, use, maintenance, and disposal. I use that full system to make better design decisions early.

04 — Make to Learn

Sketches, CAD, and prototypes are how I test assumptions. Making is not the end of the process for me; it is how the process becomes more accurate.

These principles guide my projects from redesigning everyday objects to building interactive systems. See how they show up in my work.

Roles & Responsibilities

Club Head

Design Club

Led workshops, managed a team, and shaped the club's creative direction.

Class Representative

Academic

Liaison between students and faculty — coordinated feedback and resolved concerns.

Logistics Lead

Events

Planned and executed end-to-end logistics for college-level design events.

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Organisation

Brief description of what this role involved and what you contributed.

Capabilities

A snapshot of tools and disciplines across research, making, and communication.

Industrial Design

3D CAD

Wood Working

Research

Prototyping

UI / UX Design

Visual Communication

Rhino 3D

Figma

CMF Design

Sketching

3D Printing

Ergonomics

Systems Thinking

Adobe Suite

Model Making

Thinking

Design Philosophy

"Good design is not about making things beautiful — it is about making things honest."

I believe design is a form of empathy translated into form. Every object carries a conversation with the person who holds it, uses it, or lives alongside it. My practice begins with careful observation — of how people move, adapt, and improvise — and translates that understanding into purposeful, considered form.

I draw from both craft traditions and contemporary material science, seeking that productive tension between what a material wants to be and what a brief demands of it.

Research First

Every project begins with deep immersion into context — user behaviour, material culture, manufacturing constraints. The brief shapes the solution, but research reveals the real brief.

Make to Think

Sketching and making are modes of thinking. I iterate rapidly through physical and digital prototypes, letting the material push back and reveal what the drawing cannot show.

Form Follows Feeling

Beyond function, objects carry emotional resonance. I consider how a form feels in the hand, what it communicates on a shelf, and how it ages with use.

Honest to Material

Materials have inherent language. I let their properties guide formal decisions — never forcing a surface to pretend to be something it is not.

Build It Yourself

Move through research, ideation, prototyping, and final product to complete the design process.

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Target Research

Current brief

Design Process

The game now tracks the four stages of a product journey, so the interaction feels tied to your portfolio rather than a toolbox.

Controls

Use arrow keys on desktop, or the pad below on mobile, to steer the line through research, ideation, prototyping, and final product.

Complete all four design stages without hitting the wall or your own trail.

Who I Am

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Dhiren J N

Product & Industrial Designer

I am a product and industrial designer with a passion for creating objects and systems that are meaningful, functional, and beautifully considered. My work spans physical products, interface design, prototyping, and research-led concept development.

I am currently seeking internship and full-time opportunities where I can contribute to purposeful design work, bring a rigorous making practice, and continue growing as a designer.

Available for internships, collaborations, and full-time roles.

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