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Suresh Sethi

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Industrial Design

Education

Ph.D. Industrial Design, IIT - Bombay, Mumbai, India

Master in Design, Domus Academy, Milan, Italy

Master in Design M.Des. National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India

Professional Information

Suresh Sethi is Chair of Industrial Design, School of Art & Design since 2020. A Professor and James Avery Endowed Chair in Industrial Design, Sethi holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Design from IITB, a Master of Lighting Design from Domus Academy, Milan Italy, and a Bachelor’s in Industrial Design from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India. Sethi joined the Illinois faculty in 2017. Sethi is a powerhouse of global experience – he has worked in America, China, Holland, Italy, India, and Singapore. Sethi was in the leadership role in a corporate environment – as Vice President, Design, Whirlpool Corporation Asia. He has been a founding Professor of the School of Art, Design, and Media, Nanyang Technological University, in Singapore.

Sethi’s designs emerge from the user’s identity and lifestyle. For him, design is about building relationships between – product and user, product and profits, product and production. He expands beyond the physical limits of materiality to an emotional level. His research on life under artificial light as multisensory interaction includes culture, emotion, and sensation together is published as a book “Light Shines, Light Reflects.” His current research focuses on the role of narratives in product form visualization.

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  • 4 Conference contribution
  • 2 Chapter
  • 1 Article

  • When Narratives Belong to Others: Craft Evolution and the Question of Authorship

    Sethi, S., Jan 2026, In: Societies. 16, 1, 27.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Human-Centered Design in Optimizing Fitness Benches

    Shi, S., Sethi, S. & Sethi, S., 2024, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International. AHFE International, p. 130-140 11 p. (Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International; vol. 155).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Designing Wearables Devices to Build Emotional Relationships

    Sethi, S., 2022, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International. AHFE International, p. 10-16 7 p. (Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International; vol. 29).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Narrative—A Vehicle to Generate Product Form

    Sethi, S., 2021, Design for Tomorrow - Proceedings of ICoRD 2021. Chakrabarti, A., Poovaiah, R., Bokil, P. & Kant, V. (eds.). Springer, p. 147-159 13 p. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; vol. 223).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Exploring a New Future in Collaborative Design Processes in Education

    Thomas, J., Windham, J., Sethi, S. & Arora, M., 2020, Advances in Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, 2019. Shin, C. S. (ed.). Springer, p. 173-184 12 p. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; vol. 968).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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