LOUIS (KANDA) DRUM
Industrial Designer, Illustrator
Dedicated designer with high standards of perfection and precision. Loves collaborative environments with users and colleagues. Passionate about achieving perfection with designs.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Get Up, Get Out
Just finished! This was my 2025 senior capstone project. To demo the game and learn more about the process, visit my project page!
Book Cradle Research
In collaboration with Leah Humenuck, the RIT Cary Collection, and the RIT Museum Studies program, I am developing a new book cradle system to improve efficiency in reading rooms when it comes to the research and handling of rare books. I will be developing and presenting this cradle at the 2025 AIC Convention.
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The project details are currently restricted until May 2025. If you have questions regarding the design process for portfolio review, please feel free to contact me.
EDUCATION
Rochester Institute of Technology
Industrial Design BFA
2021-2025
Focusing on product design, user experience, modeling, illustrating, market research/trends, and physical workshops/prototyping. We are taught fundamentals of art and design and illustration and expand into other branches of design such as graphic design.
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
Adobe Dimension
Adobe Fresco
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Autodesk Fusion360
Autodesk Sketchbook
Keyshot
Nomad Sculpt
Prusa 3D Printing/Prusaslicer
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019 - Current
Freelance Illustrator
Kandablossom
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Creating illustrated work for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and memorials.
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Communicating, negotiating, and providing customer service to clients.
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Quickly adapting illustrations and design changes to meet client requests.
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Working with outsourced independent print technicians.
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Managing orders and digital shopfront.
2022 - 2023
Postal Employee
RIT Print and Postal Hub
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Organizing, receiving, and issuing parcels and letters to students.
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In-person, email and phone customer service and troubleshooting.
2024 - Current
Maker Mentor
RIT SHED
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Educating, monitoring, and assisting students
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in workshop spaces.
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Utilizing various shop tools including laser cutting, 3D printing, woodworking, CNC, etc.
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Produced an art installation for the Textiles and Electronics Makerspace.
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Embroidery machine specialist: instructing, maintaining, and handling the Bernina E16 and B590.