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Laurensius Rivian Pratama
Industrial Designer & Critical Maker
I'm Rivian Pratama, an industrial designer exploring the relationships we build with the things around us.
My work sits at the intersection of design, materiality, and ethics—questioning how objects shape our world and how we can design with more care and intention.
That's me!
Curriculum Vitae
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Product Development - Contract
Waste4Change Engineering & Technology
Bekasi, Jawa Barat · Nov 2023 - July 2025
- •Waste4Change is an Indonesian circular-economy company that provides end-to-end responsible waste management services and designs material recovery facilities and custom waste-processing systems.
- •Led product development work in the Engineering & Technology division, researching on-site bottlenecks and redesigning components and layouts of the ASANO waste-processing machine and internal MRF line to improve throughput, ergonomics, and reliability.
- •Created BABBLIN, a playful waste-sorting bin interface that uses character-like visuals to nudge people to put waste in the correct bin, from concept and visual system to pilot deployment inside the company.
- •Designed technical communication assets—website pages, product catalogue, and operator manuals—restructuring engineering information so clients and field operators can quickly understand machine capabilities, installation, and daily workflows.
- •Coordinated TKDN (local content) documentation for one machine for the Ministry of Industry, gathering supplier data and compiling the submission, which was accepted without major revision.
Junior Developer (Apple Platform) - Internship
Apple Developer Academy @ BINUS
Tangerang Selatan, Banten · Mar 2023 - Dec 2023
- •Asia's first-ever initiative to empower Indonesia's economy by creating world class developers for the world's most innovative and vibrant app ecosystem by Apple Inc.
- •Alica – Co-designed content and interface for an iPad AAC app for non-speaking communicators, localized PECS-style cards for Indonesia, and produced the app’s promotional video trailer.
- •Haunted Forest: Hunter & Brewers – Sound designer for a 2-player macOS co-op survival game; created and edited music, ambience, and sound effects in GarageBand.
- •NostroVision – Solo-led concept, design and development of a HealthKit-based walking app that predicts “longevity chance” to gamify daily step goals.
- •Dimas – Designed UI/UX and interaction copy for an MRT station iPad wayfinding app that guides riders to the optimal exit gate.
- •LiftDrive – Designed UI/UX and in-app content for an iOS gym-coach app delivering beginner workout plans, exercise demos and form tips to reduce gym anxiety.
- •Invends – Designed UI/UX for a social feedback app enabling anonymous questions, journaling of advice, and a curated feed from trusted contacts.
Product Designer - Contract
PT. TRUSUR UNGGUL TEKNUSA
Bandung, Jawa Barat · Jul 2022 - Sept 2022
- •PT. Trusur Unggul Teknusa is an environmental technology company that focuses on instrumentation ecosystem and monitoring ecosystem to support various business sustainability.
- •Co-designed TRUSUR ACTIS air quality monitoring system device to ensure effectiveness of its user operability, with high usability and high portability, using modular compact design.
Product Designer - Internship
Maspion Electronics
Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur · May 2021 - Aug 2021
- •Designed mass-manufacturable new Electric Wall Fan product nicknamed ‘PW18-C’.
- •Performed reverse-engineering; validating structural robustness using finite-element method of existing Maspion's Electric Wall Fan product.
- •Developed new product brand identity for long-time usage.
- •Utilized injection molding method with ISO-SNI standard while maintaining ease of assembly; optimized cost & material efficiency using shape optimization by static stress analysis; managed to utilize existing internal electronics component & assembly line.
- •Implemented human-centered design principles while developing a new control system for Electric Wall Fan product with manual control function.
- •Managed to ensure 3D modeling workflow interchangeability between Fusion 360 and company-standard Unigraphics NX 4.0.
- •Created the final product showcase with video rendering in a week.
Researcher - Assistant
ITB Institute for Research and Community Services
Kepulauan Selayar, Sulawesi Selatan · Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
- •Employed to assist the utilization of backshore beach PP-plastic waste into modular-buoy usage for local seaweed farming in the Selayar Islands project using open hardware plastic recycling machines.
- •Designing buoy design alternatives with singular mold which simultaneously acted as male and female parts.
- •Performing structural buckling analysis using FEM with hydrostatic pressure load on 3D CAD buoy design to maximize waterproofing performance.
- •Conducting rapid prototyping using FDM printer; simulates real world usage by submerging the prototype in home-usage bath water container to ensure sealing performance.
Education
Bachelor of Industrial Design
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Bandung, Jawa Barat · 2018-2022
Skills
Industrial DesignFusion 360SolidWorksRhinoCinema 4DOctane RenderKeyshotANSYS3D Printing (FDM)Figma+ more
Awards
2024 Swift Student Challenge Winner
Apple, 2024
3rd Winner in Airframe Technology Development
Kontes Robot Terbang Indonesia 2020, 2020
Publications
“Biplane Wing Gap Influence Study of UAV with Wing-shaped Fuselage using Computational Fluid Dynamics”
2021 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing Technology (ICARES)
“The Development of Single-Use Plastic Bag Fastening Device Utilizing Plastic Cup Waste”
ITB Digital Library
Volunteer
UI/UX Designer - Volunteer
MAGGNUS - Paguyuban Pegiat Maggot Nusantara
Bandung, Jawa Barat · Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Website Development - Project Manager
INDDES ITB
Bandung, Jawa Barat · Jul 2020 - Feb 2021
Aerodynamics and Mechanical Designer - Volunteer
AKSANTARA ITB
Bandung, Jawa Barat · Mar 2020 - Dec 2021
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