Industrial Design Board of Jurors Member

Xiaodong Ma

Biography


Xiaodong Ma is a Chicago-based Hybrid Industrial Designer and Visual Artist. He has been focusing on healthcare design and bicycle design since 2012 and used to work for Philips, iFIT, and Seismic. He currently is a Senior Industrial Designer at SRAM, driving the design development of bicycle products and improving the cycling experience. Xiaodong Ma has over five years of mentoring Junior Designers and Design Interns and has made significant contributions to both industrial design and visual art. He believes designers have the responsibility of bringing compelling design concepts into reality via collaborating with multiple stakeholders. Xiaodong's industrial design projects have won numerous international awards, including the MUSE Design Award Platinum, IF Product Design Award, A’ Design Award, IDA Design Award, and Red Dot Design Award. Additionally, after receiving his MFA from the California College of the Arts in 2019, Xiaodong has been exploring the intersection between art and design for years with an unwavering obsession with the simplicity and intricacy of nature and man-made. His visual artworks have been widely exhibited and recognized internationally, with exhibitions in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, China, South Korea, France, and Germany.


Awards Won in International Design Competitions

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Awards Won in National Design Competitions

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Realized Designs

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