About me
Hello,
I’m Atousa, a Master of Design student at DAAP, University of Cincinnati. My background is in industrial design and I enjoy exploring different ways design can influence our lives.
I am a life-long learner and aspire to create products that are meaningful and bring joy. in my free time, I enjoy drawing, reading fantasy fiction and exploring in nature.
Resume
in/atousa-hajihosseini
513-301-5544
hajihoaa@mail.uc.edu
Education
Pars University of Architecture and Art, Tehran, Iran
September 2017 - May 2022 Product Design, Service Design, Design Thinking, Prototyping
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Class of 2025
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
September 2023 - May 2025
Working with the School of Design Sustainability Committee on collecting and documenting the Industrial Design curriculum to incorporate Sustainability as a core principle of each course
JRA, Part of RWS Global
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
May 2024 - August 2024
Ideation, Sketching, Concept development and design for a traveling zoo exhibition
Experience
Recognition
Skills
Colearney, Tehran, Iran
June 2022 - June 2023
Graphic Design and content creation for a language learning platform website and social media
Lila Toys, Tehran, Iran
October 2019 - January 2020
Manufacturing handmade wooden educational toys, designing, crafting, painting and woodworking
Graduate Student Scholarship Award
2023 – 2024 Academic year
Graduate Student Scholarship Award
2024 - 2025 Academic year
Judith Koroscik Graduate Fellowship 2024 - 2025 Academic year
Graduate School Dean's Excellence Scholarship
2024 - 2025 Academic year
Lila Toys, Tehran, Iran
August 2019 - October 2019
Woodworking and learning the process of manufacturing handmade educational toys
Drawing and Sketching
Prototyping
Woodworking
Product Design
User Research
Design Thinking
3D Modeling and Rendering
User Experience Design
Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel Rhino 3D, Keyshot, Figma, Miro, Blender
Student Worker
Office of Sustainability, University of Cincinnati
August 2024 - May 2025
Circles of Sustainability: Designing Engagements for Campus Resources - Capstone Project in Partnership with UC's Office of Sustainability
Outstanding Student Award
2024 – 2025 Academic year
Kraemer Design + Production
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
May 2025 - present
Themed exhibition and children museum design