Nihir Shah

Location

San Francisco, CA
Education
    Stanford University
    September 2013 - June 2015
    degree
    Master's
    majors
    Design
    Mechanical Engineering
    Colorado School of Mines
Work Experience
    Nihir Shah Design Studio Founder
    San Francisco, CA, US
    January 2016 - present
    title
    Nihir Shah Design Studio Founder
    overview
    - Founded a multidisciplinary design and art studio, delivering diverse projects involving design education and facilitation, art, furniture design, carpentry, and food. Working with a variety of media to deepen fluency with visual - Designs and facilitates design thinking workshops at various companies and universities around the world, as - Practicing multimedia artist producing works for galleries and private commissions - As part of a small and agile team of 3 professional carpenters, designed, CAD'ed, and constructed a Japanese
    JUUL Labs
    Design Insights Manager Product Innovation
    San Francisco, CA, US
    January 2017 - December 2020
    Stanford d.school Teaching Fellow
    Palo Alto, CA, US
    January 2015 - December 2016
    IBM
    Product Designer
    Austin, TX, US
    January 2014 - December 2014
    Sarabi Studio
    Furniture Designer
    Austin, TX, US
    January 2011 - December 2013
Skills
Languages
EnglishJapanese
Skills
Agile MethodologyBootcampCarpentryCommunication SkillsConstruction ToolkitsCreating PrototypesCreativityCurriculum DevelopmentCustomer InsightsDesign Elements and PrinciplesDesign StudioDesign ThinkingDigital AssetsDubbing (Filmmaking)EntrepreneurshipEthnographyExperiential LearningFurniture DesignInnovationKnowledge of EngineeringKnowledge of FurnishingKnowledge of LightingKnowledge of Packaging and ProcessingKnowledge of PatentsLeadershipMarketingMarket ResearchMechanical EngineeringMentoringMetalworkingMineral Resources Data SystemsMock UpsMultidisciplinary ApproachMultimediaProduct DesignProduct StrategiesProduct TestingProject PlanningPublic AffairsPublishing SkillsQualitative ResearchReceptivityRecruitmentResearch and DevelopmentResearch SkillsRetail CommerceStakeholder ManagementStoryboardingTeachingTeam WorkingTesting SkillsUser ResearchWebsite Wireframe