Olegs Zabelins

As part of LA design team, I’ve successfully established on-going relationships and designed for global brands such as Veolia water, Schneider electric, Don Whitley Scientific and many other. My key role as industrial designer is to develop formulated philosophy driven, cost-effective design solutions using a variety of different techniques and tools such as: - Trend and product research for creative ideation presentations - Delivered functional CAD (solidworks) models - Sketching and rendering of design concepts for product solution - Industrial Design / Product Design / Product Development - UX/UI design for industrial application. - Functional Prototyping , Design for SLA & SLS 3D Printing Processes - Market and trend analysis to determine product opportunities and ventures - Presenting product proposals to key stakeholders and investors - Concept generation and development - Concept presentation via strong illustration and digital techniques - Validating concepts via inhouse prototype creation - 2D drafting to BS8888 standards - Working knowledge and designing for injection moulding manufacturing process - Creating and incorporating product branding. - Communicate with vendors to ensure accuracy of product specifications - Generate product drawings within Adobe Illustrator, Indesign & Photoshop - Create life like product renderings using Keyshot.

As a freelance industrial designer, I worked on a wide variety of projects encompassing many aspects of the design process - from early stage strategy, conceptual work and sketching to 3D modelling and rendering and design for manufacture. I've designed for consumer electronics, UX\UI, packaging, logo/branding, and always searched for new opportunities.

Product Partners is an industrial design consultancy established in 1995. Since then Product Partners has developed into an award winning consultancy with the expertise to design and develop innovative products. As part of Product Partners design team one of my many roles was to specify suitable manufacturing techniques, material applications and a cost effective sustainable design to create a foundation for mass production by concepts and deliverables using 3D CAD models, 2D drawings and etc. Moreover I’ve worked with all factors of manufacture from supplies to tool making and QA, providing close project management to meet short deadlines by ensuring all information is accurately passed onto all phases of production. These range from basic concept design and feasibility studies to pre-production manufacturing and high profile solutions, often being involved in multiple projects within very short timescales. Additionally very important part of my job was liaising with Asian, as well as British, manufacturing site on aspects of product design ensuring conformity with standards, specifications and customer requirements. Also I was responsible for the refinement of the existing design to improve product value for consumers by focusing on aesthetic and physical interaction issues. Key Skills: • R&D • CMF • PCA • Concept/ Prototype generation. • Accurate 3D (CAD) models for manufacturing • 2D Engineering drawings for DFA and DFM. • Fabrication Drawings, Manufacturing Drawings, Patent Drawings, Schematic Drawings • Material Research and application • Usability, ergonomics and design feasibility study • Accurately maintaining manufacturing support and production data Recent project:

Sinclair Innovation team concentrated on providing mechanical engineering design solutions, as a result of many successful projects. One of those projects was Babel bike – a bicycle with a custom built safety cell in which the rider sits, protecting against impacts with turning lorries and buses at busy junctions. Working with Sinclair Innovation allowed me to use my newly-minted confidence as a young designer to engage the process of design. Skills in research, storytelling, sketching and advance concept evolution were well honed. I’ve collaborated with manufacturing consultants and other industrial designers to develop a mechanical and structural system for a “safety bicycle” project. Furthermore I’ve engaged in client meetings to present progressive design concepts and to discuss business and technological requirements which improved project efficiency.

Disassembly and repair a variety of consumer printers Prepping printers and parts for sale. This was a part time position during university study.