DESIREE RINY

Desiree Riny is an award-winning industrial designer, mentor & volunteer

A Melbourne-based Industrial Designer, Riny’s design work focuses on applying a combination of technical, digital and additive manufacturing skills to develop innovative solutions to everyday problems within the social, medical, and furnishing industry.

So far Riny has work in various design project from designing a lower limb prosthetic, to increasing accessibility to assistive technology to amputee in developing a community around the world. Lead a team of medical practitioners and engineers to develop affordable assistive technology with TOM: Melbourne . Co-design with leading medical experts at The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre to improve accessible information to chemotherapy patients from their first diagnosis and in my current role co-design with high school students with Regional Art Victoria to implement new design methodologies within VCE curriculum .

At present she has now spent the last 2 year 6 months working as workshop technician at Aitken College .

Throughout these industry experiences , she has been given the capability to engage with complex technical fabrication techniques such as:

• 3D printing
• Laser cutting
• CNC • Thermal forming plastic • Static Machinery

with the collaboration of varying software packages such as :
•Solidworks
• Key shot
• Adobe suite
• Autodesk Suite

To help translate design products into production-ready prototypes for exhibition, presentation, usability, materiality and to demonstrate high functional product, ready for manufacturing.

2023

AITKEN COLLEGE

With 2 years and 6 months of experience as a Workshop Technician in the Design Technology Department at Aitken College, I brought expertise in Fabrication & Manufacturing. I successfully managed and operated various 3D printers, including Flashforge, MakerBot, and Prusa models. Additionally, I skillfully handled the Rayject laser cutter for student projects. Collaborating closely with the design team, I supported product development using tools such as Fusion 360 for technical drawings and prototypes. Proficient in maintaining machinery, I diagnosed faults, conducted repairs, and ensured equipment compliance with safety standards. Through a cross-functional approach, I contributed to the success of projects and enhanced the user experience in the Design Technology Department, demonstrating a commitment to technical proficiency and operational excellence.

TOM: MELBOURNE

TOM: Tikkum Olam Makers is a global movement of innovators dedicated to creating extremely affordable solutions for neglected needs of people with disabilities, and other disadvantaged individuals and communities around the world.

Since 2019 ive continue to volunteer my design skills both as designer and mentor to help work in collaborative group of medical experts and engineers to develop three custom assistive technological devices .

2021

REGIONAL ART VICTORIA

In 2021 I was selected to be apart of group of artist by Regional Art Victoria Being one of 150 artists and designers to undertake a new 6 months creative workers in schools program . I co-design with students from Homestead Senior Secondary and Regional Art Victoria to implement new design methodologies within a VCE curriculum and furthermore develop inhouse furniture for their schools cafeteria.

2019

DIY LOWER LIMB PROSTHETIC

After graduating from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 2018, I took the non-traditional route and explored an entrepreneurship journey to turning her honours thesis project into start-up company with RMIT Activator program

Our mission was to develop an affordable lower- limb prosthetic that could be develop anywhere in the world, using accessible materials to alleviate the ongoing pressures to gain access to prosthetic, for the 40 million amputees living in developing communities.

From 2018 – 2020 we were co-designing with industry partners such D&AD , Monash University, RMIT Activator and medical practitioners to develop cost effective lower limb prosthetic.

We were at stage of research and development , to test a selected design against International Standards 1032 with a biomedical / Materials engineer in 2020.

D&AD FUTURE IMPACTOR

In late 2019 i was shortlisted for Future Impactor from award in New York city for my lower-limb prosthetic, from D & AD .