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Feras Alhabib

Feras Alhabib

New York, NY, US

 
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About 

Starting at Pratt Institute, I managed to take advantage of every year and try a little bit of everything, making sure I advance my skills beyond what is expected. As an industrial design major I made it my goal to be a multi-disciplined designer, focusing on more than product design and exploring aspects of branding, graphic, furniture and exhibition design. The start of every new project becomes something I look forward to, allowing me to begin my design process, from ideation to research through prototyping until finally reaching production. After graduating from Pratt Institute I found myself working at an architecture firm in Kuwait, where I came in as a furniture designer and quickly escalated to working on commercial architectural projects. This lead me to pursue a master’s degree in Architecture at Parsons, where I worked on projects of different scales, from housing to urban design and landscape architecture. My time at Parsons allowed me to familiarize myself with the technical aspects of architecture, which involved creating construction documents and a focus on materials, along with several projects being collaborative. The shift in scale from product design to architecture has allowed me to think about architecture as being user friendly, yet with the context of the site as a driving force to a design.

Employment 

Mug Coffee, Kuwait, KW , Lead Designer

DESIGNED THE INTERIORS FOR THREE LOCATIONS AND WAS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE. FOR ALL PHASES OF THE PROJECT FROM CONCEPT, TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

May 2021 - current
 

Arch JS, Kuwait City, Designer

DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED THE FIRST FURNITURE LINE FOR THE ARCHITECTURE. FIRM, ALONG WITH DESIGNING COMMERCIAL SPACES AND PRODUCTS FOR LOCAL CLIENTS, SUCH AS RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES.

Sep 2017 - Sep 2018
 

Be Restaurant, Kuwait, KW, Lead Designer

DESIGNED THE INTERIOR FOR THE RESTAURANT AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHOOSING THE MATERIALS, DESIGNING CUSTOM SEATING, OUTSOURCING LIGHTING, AND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CONTRACTOR.

May 2017 - Aug 2017
 

Ceasarstone / Wanted Design, New York, NY, US, Project Team Member

LEAD TEAM MEMBER IN DESIGNING THE KITCHEN OF THE FUTURE FOR CEASARSTONE IN COLLABORATION WITH PRATT INSTITUTE, WHICH WAS EXHIBITED AT WANTED DESIGN.

Jan 2017 - May 2017
 

Subprime Pictures, New York, NY, US, Production Assistant

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECRUITING OF MODELS AND ACTORS, ALONG WITH SETTING UP EQUIPMENT, EVANGELIZING THE FIRM, AND OVERSEEING PROJECTS.

May 2015 - Aug 2015
 

Education 

Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, US, MArch, Architecture

Sep 2018 - May 2021
 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US, Bachelors, Industrial Design

Aug 2013 - Jun 2017
 

Areas of Specialization 

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