14 - Becoming a Mobility Designer - with Sainath Ajayan

For this episode of #GBINSTREAM, We have Sainath Ajayan who is a Senior Mobility Designer at NIO, with previous experience as a Designer at AUDI AG and Peugeot. He is a Transportation design & Management Graduate from Institut supérieur de design (ISD Rubika). He focuses on creating progressive products and experiences that have meaning and exude humane and sustainable qualities. He has vast experience in series production, advanced design, and concept mobility projects in an array of specialized fields like interior architecture, components design, Special Edition & Limited-Series Projects, Luxury seat design & development, Product-Facelifts, and design strategy. Prior to his role as a full-time designer at Audi, he has had internship experiences at AUDI Design (Interior) at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE), and PSA Peugeot Citroen Paris (FR). He is an awardee of the MOVE 2030 Future Vision of Mobility contest (2012) held in Milan, Winner of the SIAM ADC Challenge 2013, and an awardee of many Master class honors at University. We have talked about his struggles and mindset throughout his career of pursuing design and life. Tune in as we discuss his journey on the stream. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sainathajayan/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYhur01P7p0&ab_channel=Audi https://www.audi.com/ https://www.nio.com/ https://www.stellantis.com/en https://moveaward.com/winners/ Thank you for tuning in and I hope our listeners find it both insightful and interesting. Send us a DM or email at [email protected] to provide us with your thoughts and comments! Find us at https://www.groundbreak.in CONNECT: Check out our Substack: dipaq.substack.com Supported by Syqi: https://syqi.design/ Email us at [[email protected]]