MDes Alumni Design Fellows

The Master of Design (MDes) Alumni Design Fellows are graduates of the MDes program who are dedicated mentors and volunteers for the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation. The Fellows provide professional development support and consult on a range of topics based on their areas of interest and expertise. They also host workshops, participate in critiques in MDes courses and end of semester showcases, attend community events, and support MDes courses. 

MDes students and instructors for the program are encouraged to directly contact MDes Alumni Design Fellows for advice and collaboration (see contact info below).

The MDes Alumni Design Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year are:

• Akash Mahajan

  Design Analyst at McKinsey & Co.

• Effie Jia

  Designer at Adobe (Machine Intelligence and New Technologies)

• Georgios Grigoriadis

  Senior Technologist at Butlr

• Jan-Simon Veicht

  Director of Design Strategy at NewDealDesign

• John Brechbill

  Senior Designer at Elevator Studios + Co Founder of Hound Fitness

• Can Ge

  Product Designer at Uber (Eats Consumer)

• Kabeer Andrabi

  Senior Product Designer at Aisera

• Franklyn Bucknor

  i do cool confidential stuff that spans design, tech, art, the future

• Ananth Nayak

  Senior Data and Technology Strategist at IA Collaborative

• Tomas Garcia

  Creative Technologist at Samsung Design Innovation Center

• Wonjoon Oh

  Design Engineer at Gen City Labs