JOSIE

 

josiemaluj@gmail.com

Hi, I’m Josie. I’m an industrial designer with a fine arts background. I’ve been drawing, painting and building for as long as I can remember. I’ve always been attuned to beauty, craftsmanship and work that feels alive because it’s made with care. This sensibility is natural to me, and I want to put it to work telling compelling stories through exceptional product and experience design.

STRENGTHS

Clear, Expressive Sketching · Elegant Form Language · Nuanced CMF & Material Knowledge · Excellent Aesthetic Judgment · High-Fidelity Visualization + Rendering · Rapid Prototyping + Technical Precision

SOFTWARE

Solidworks · Keyshot · InDesign · Illustrator · Photoshop · Lightroom · Rhino · CLO 3D · Microsoft Office

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TRAIN TABLEWARE

Category: Consumer Product · Industrial Design

Role: Ideation · Sketching · Rendering · Refinement · 3D Prototyping

Software: Solidworks, Keyshot

 

A tableware system designed for space constraints, movement, and storage efficiency during train travel.

 

Minimal forms maximizing table and storage space through negative space relationships.



COFFEE SET

Category: Home Goods · Ceramics

Role: Sketching · Slipcasting · Mold-making · Glazing · Textile design and fabrication · production

Software: Solidworks · Keyshot

 

Reinterpreting Ethiopian coffeeware in a home goods line balancing ritual and minimalism, evolving into a custom ceramic set.

 

Moving from prototype to real world production revealed additional applications for the forms, adding and subtracting from the master mold.



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PRODUCT

STASH BELT BUCKLE

Category: Consumer Product · Accessories

Role: Market analysis · Competitive research · Concepting · Sketching · Fabricating · Vendor Management

Software: Solidworks

 

A wearable buckle that doubles as a discreet storage space for users without pockets. 

 

Designed to accommodate a variety of item sizes and shapes while maintaining a sleek, unobtrusive exterior and reliable latch mechanism.



DOG TOYS

Category: Consumer Products
Role: Concept · Research · Sketching · Prototyping

 

A set of dog toys exploring textures, pulling mechanics, and play behaviors for a developing pet product line.

 

Ideas offering whimsical variations on a theme, streamlining design and building a brand voice at the same time.



SHEET METAL CHAIR

Category: Furniture Prototyping
Role: CAD sketch modeling · Form Development 

Software: Solidworks · Keyshot

 

A sheet-metal chair exploring weaving, interlocking, and letterform-based structure.

 

One week design sprint.



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EXPERIENTIAL

INMOTION

Category: Experience Design · Urban Spaces

Role: Concepting · Sketching · Research · Model making · Technical drawings · Elevations · Plans · Graphic design

Software: Solidworks

 

Outdoor exhibition designed to encourage conscious, thoughtful movement through engagement with low impact “workouts” emphasizing mobility, stability, agility, strength and endurance.

 

Potential commercial applications for specialized development for across communities and skill levels.



COSMETICS POP-UP

Category: Experience · Retail · Furniture · Packaging
Role: Ideation · Research · Sketching · 3D Modeling · Technical Drawings · Rendering 

Full product line and pop up marketing strategy for an imagined collaboration between Charlotte Tilbury + Alphonse Mucha. 

Using key visual identifiers from each brand to create a cohesive experience through Packaging, Furniture and Spatial development.



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ACCESSORIES

JMJ COLLECTION

Category: Wearables · Metals  · Jewelry
Role: Ideation · Sketching · Fabrication · Finishing · Photography

 

Handmade jewelry inspired by personal lettering, lineweight, and graffiti tags.

 

Exploring abstraction of type in wearable objects in patinaed copper, nickel, and silver with multiple stone settings.



GRAD RING

Category: Wearables · Metals  · Jewelry
Role: Ideation · Sketching · Fabrication · Finishing · Photography

Dual finger graduation ring for Pratt Institute Graduate (me). 

Form referencing past projects, cast in silver with Pratt 25 engraved around a prong set citrine.



CAST PENDANT

Category: Wearables · Metals  · Jewelry
Role: Ideation · Sketching · Fabrication · Finishing · Photography

Pendant necklace exploring abstracted type within a confined shape.



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FINE ART

SELECTED WORKS

Category: Fine Art
Role: Painting · Drawing · Collaging   

Abstract and figurative work through a range of media.



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