Industrial Designer (Modelmaking)

Pors & Rao Studio

India Industrial Designer / Modelmaker / Architecture Closed

Overview

Start: Post March 2026 anytime, 6 months is preferred, but duration is flexible
Duration: 3 - 6 Months
Department: Research & Rapid Prototyping
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Company Profile

Pors & Rao are an art duo, making objects and installations that often imbibe life-like physical animation and responsive behaviours. Their works are often conceived as a kind of being, expressing basic behavior traits such as shyness, fatigue and dependency; highlighting involuntary aspects of human behavior and relationships. Their work is exhibited around the world. Their need for robotic puppetry as a medium, led them to own an unchartered technical research path

in collaboration with various Swiss institutions since 2012, including Wyss Zurich and ETH which culminated in a pilot lab of their own in 2020. Here they took forward project PATHOS, a system for crafting physical movement and response for non engineers. In 2022, they exited ETH as a Spinoff, with the aim of reuniting the development of artworks and tools under the same roof at the studio, alongside fabrication and workshop facilities.

Job Description

The job entails making scale or life size models of artworks and site specific installation that would require the mock up of architectural elements (such as walls and corners) and artworks/ moving sculptures. The models should have the ability to be animated, through mechanical puppetry- by pulling strings or levels or rotating discs, etc. These models will have to be designed in a CAD software (Autodesk Fusion), fabricated via rapid prototyping techniques/ workshop facilities and assembled and installed in the artists' studio. Several reiterations may be required. The scale of the model may be from the size of a matchbox to the size of a small room.

Mentor for Internship program: Aparna Rao

Suitable for Konstrukteur/in / Dessinateur-constructeur industriel / Architekturmodellbauer/in / Maquettiste d'architecture students

Required Skills

These are the skills we are looking abilities;

a. Understanding of the artist's requirements, make CAD

drawing of physical models to be made.

b. Good grasp over model making materials, such as

papers, cardboard, ply wood, etc. and prototyping

techniques- both handmade and machine made.

c. Excellent hand building skills, for model assembly and

execution.

d. Good mechanical sense, some models maybe in the form

of puppets that demonstrate physical movement.

Motivating for hosting;

a. Imbibe and benefit from a different culture and mindset,

with high strength in precision and methodology.

b. Bring diversity and fresh ideas into our current team.

c. Provide a nurturing environment for young Swiss interns.

d. Promote India-Swiss relations in design, based on the

historical relevance of this relationship.

Benefits

Coffee and tea, twice a day.

Applications Closed

The application period for this position is now closed.