Khairul Aidil Azlin A Rahman

He received PhD in Design Management, Chiba University, Japan in 2003,  MA Industrial Design (Engineering) UK in 1990 and Diploma in Art & Design (Industrial Design), UiTM Malaysia in 1987. Previously, he was the Deputy Dean (Postgraduate and Research) from 2006-2010, Head of Design Technology Program in 2003-2006, Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, UNIMAS and the Director of Institute of Design and Innovation (INDI) from 2011-2014, Currently he is a Professor at Industrial Design Department, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is also a research Fellow for Center of Sago Research, UNIMAS and Associate Research Fellow for INTROP UPM. He also plays the role of design consultants and published his work for publications in local and international journals. He received several academic awards scholarships and more than 50 designs and innovation awards in Malaysia and International such as Product Innovation and Techniques, Geneva, Switzerland 2006, International Invention Fair of the Middle East, Kuwait 2008, Pin Up 2008 Award, South Korea and Gold Medalist for Eureka 2010, Brussels and Double Gold Medalist and Gold Medalist British Invention Show in 2012 and 2014. He is also the winner for Batik Piala Seri Endon 2006 handicraft category and the finalist for the Prime Minister’s Innovation Award 2007. He was awarded four intellectual properties (industrial design and patent) and from his product design and inventions. He also was appointed as Jury for several local and international design competitions such as the Malaysia Good Design Award. He is the Vice Chairman for Piala Seri Endon Alumni and a member of World Batik Council. Besides the product design, he also presented his sculpture, painting and experimental hybrid artworks in several exhibitions, local and international. His principle areas of research are design management, industrial design and hybrid arts.