More about me.

Alexandra (Alex) Arguelles is a Filipino designer based in sunny Singapore. With a BA(Hons) in Industrial Design from the National University of Singapore, she has dabbled in industrial design, 3D design, interaction design, and design research. Some past experiences include works with the Dormitory Association of Singapore Ltd (DASL), U-Tokyo DLX Design Lab, and SIA-NUS Digital Aviation Corporate Laboratory.

In her free time she likes to craft, play cozy (and some non-cozy) video games, and play volleyball.

I am a multidisciplinary designer who relishes learning new skills...

2D

2D

Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects)

Figma

Touchdesigner

Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects)

Figma

Touchdesigner

3D

3D

Rhino3D

Blender

Keyshot Luxion

Substance 3D Painter

Rhino3D

Blender

Keyshot Luxion

Substance 3D Painter

Physical

Physical

Multimedia prototyping including paper/cardboard prototyping, woodworking, laser cutting, high-fidelity prototypes
Physical computing

Fibre crafts (sewing, knitting, crochet)

Multimedia prototyping including paper/cardboard prototyping, woodworking, laser cutting, high-fidelity prototypes
Physical computing

Fibre crafts (sewing, knitting, crochet)

... and trying new experiences

Past experiences

Research Engineer @ SIA-NUS Digital Aviation Corporate Laboratory

Designed and facilitated co-design workshops including program design and asset creation

Developed and proposed design concepts for better sleep and flight experience based on laboratory and field studies

Planned and conducted lectures for undergraduate students at NUS

In-house graphic design, 3D modelling, and prototyping for research studies

Nov 2023–present

Design Researcher/Subcontractor @ DLX Lab

Design Researcher/Subcontractor @ DLX Lab

Developed ‘Talking with Neurons’ project for Ikeuchi Lab, to create an interactive design experience to publicise the Lab’s research on in-vitro neural tissues

Concept development, prototyping, graphical asset creation, and animations using Adobe Suite and Touchdesigner

This work has been presented and exhibited at UTokyo, SIGGRAPH 2023 LA, and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Tokyo

May 2022–Aug 2023

Research Assistant Intern @ SIA-NUS Digital Aviation Corporate Laboratory

Designed, planned, and facilitated a 2-day Design Thinking Workshop with SIA staff, for stakeholder alignment and topic exploration for the following 5-year project on sleep and long-haul flights

May 2021–Aug 2021

Freelance Graphic Designer for Dr. Kitchen

Freelance Graphic Designer for Dr. Kitchen

Visual identity design, creating graphic assets for social media and packaging

Jul 2020–May 2024