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Hi, I’m Vivek Barapatre, an award-winning Junior Industrial Designer with First-Class honours from RMIT. I bring hands-on experience in industrial hardware and product development, blending digital modeling, rapid prototyping, and rigorous research to move ideas from concept to production. I’m passionate about thoughtful, well-crafted solutions that improve people’s daily lives. I thrive in multidisciplinary teams, value collaboration, and am always learning—continuing to expand my skills through self-directed CAD and surface modelling courses and practical project work.…Hi, I’m Vivek Barapatre, an award-winning Junior Industrial Designer with First-Class honours from RMIT. I bring hands-on experience in industrial hardware and product development, blending digital modeling, rapid prototyping, and rigorous research to move ideas from concept to production. I’m passionate about thoughtful, well-crafted solutions that improve people’s daily lives. I thrive in multidisciplinary teams, value collaboration, and am always learning—continuing to expand my skills through self-directed CAD and surface modelling courses and practical project work.

Vivek Barapatre

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Designer, Product Designer, 3D Designer, +4

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Hi, I’m Vivek Barapatre, an award-winning Junior Industrial Designer with First-Class honours from RMIT. I bring hands-on experience in industrial hardware and product development, blending digital modeling, rapid prototyping, and rigorous research to move ideas from concept to production. I’m passionate about thoughtful, well-crafted solutions that improve people’s daily lives. I thrive in multidisciplinary teams, value collaboration, and am always learning—continuing to expand my skills through self-directed CAD and surface modelling courses and practical project work.…Hi, I’m Vivek Barapatre, an award-winning Junior Industrial Designer with First-Class honours from RMIT. I bring hands-on experience in industrial hardware and product development, blending digital modeling, rapid prototyping, and rigorous research to move ideas from concept to production. I’m passionate about thoughtful, well-crafted solutions that improve people’s daily lives. I thrive in multidisciplinary teams, value collaboration, and am always learning—continuing to expand my skills through self-directed CAD and surface modelling courses and practical project work.

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Hi, I’m Vivek Barapatre, an award-winning Junior Industrial Designer with First-Class honours from RMIT. I bring hands-on experience in industrial hardware and product development, blending digital modeling, rapid prototyping, and rigorous research to move ideas from concept to production.

I’m passionate about thoughtful, well-crafted solutions that improve people’s daily lives. I thrive in multidisciplinary teams, value collaboration, and am always learning—continuing to expand my skills through self-directed CAD and surface modelling courses and practical project work.

Skills

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Expert

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Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Designer at Independant Design Practice

January 1, 2024 - Present

Producing work across 3D modelling, 3D printing, rendering, photography, and graphic design. Ongoing development through personal projects and courses, e.g. advanced surface modelling via LearnSolidWorks tutorials.

Industrial Designer at Selectlok Australia Pty Ltd

June 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025

Designed and integrated a central locking system into existing folding T-handles, overcoming technical constraints to enable retrofit compatibility; developed prototypes successfully cycle-tested to 150,000 operations and approved by customers for production.

Market Rescue Team Member at Kaibosh Food Rescue

May 1, 2017 - May 1, 2025

Collaborated within a small, fast-paced team to collect and redistribute up to 500 kilos of surplus food from market vendors weekly.

Industrial Design Honours Year at RMIT University Melbourne

February 1, 2023 - November 1, 2023

Led an award-winning design research project on gait disturbances in Parkinson’s disease, including surveys, interviews, design precedent analysis, user journey mapping, personas, literature reviews, and case studies to identify constraints and needs; delivered a 20-minute final presentation to industry professionals and produced high-fidelity prototype media assets.