Ravi K. Sawhney is an American industrial designer. He is the founder and CEO of RKS Design, co-founder (with Dave Mason) of RKS Guitars, and Chairperson of the IDSA/Business Week Catalyst[1] Case Study Program.[2]
[edit] Biography
Ravi Sawhney's parents immigrated from India to Canada in 1953, and Ravi was born April 16, 1956 in Nova Scotia, and moved to the United States in 1965. He started working as a designer and model maker in 1976 while studying at California State University, Northridge and Art Center College of Design. In 1978, he graduated CSUN and was hired by Xerox in the Advanced Product Development Group working in conjunction with Xerox PARC, where he was the sole industrial designer working with a team of 20 cognitive and social scientists to develop the first touch screen interface. He founded RKS Design, now known simply as RKS, in 1980. He has taught Senior Level Industrial Design at Art Center College of Design, and Junior and Senior Level Industrial Design at California State University, Northridge. He has been a featured lecturer at Anderson School of Business, U.C.L.A. & U.S.C., and holds an Honorary Ph.D. from Academy of Art University.,[3][4][5] He created Psycho-Aesthetics, RKS's proprietary strategy and design philosophy.[3] Ravi is an Expert Design blogger on FastCompany [6] In September 2009, Ravi was inducted into the Industrial Designers Society of America's Academy of Fellows.[7]
[edit] Honors and Appointments
- Honorary doctorate from Academy of Art University for contributions to the art and design of music making,[3][8]
- Chairperson of IDSA/Business Week Catalyst award[3]
- 2004 Head Juror for the Industrial Design Excellence Awards [3]
- Member, Board of Directors, KOR Water, Inc [9]
- Advisory Board, Guitar Center Music Foundation,[5][10]
- Board Member and Founding Trustee (past) - Pasadena Museum of California Art, and served as head juror of the museum's inaugural California Design Biennial exhibition.[5]
- Named on over 150 patents, U.S. and worldwide [3]
[edit] Published
- Innovation Magazine, Summer 2001, page 50: The Psycho-Aesthetics Martini pdf:
- Design Magazine, June/July 2002: You Are What You Consume pdf:
- FastCompany.com Design Reach Blog FastCompany.com: Ravi Sawhney
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