Mamoru Tanida

Product Design Engineering

Hi! Thanks for popping by, I’m Mo.

I’m on the home stretch of my studies at Swinny, double majoring in Product Design Engineering and International Business. It has been a rigorous and challenging course, but highly enjoyable. Its allowed me to work on projects I am passionate about to research, develop and innovate.

In 2021 I was fortunate enough to intern at one of Melbourne’s premier design consultancies, Cobalt Design. Here I gained significant industry experience in product development from concept to manufacture across a broad range of industries such as household fixtures, medical devices, cleaning, and sanitation systems. I was also super lucky to have had the opportunity to study overseas in Switzerland, where I was exposed to the operations of international brands and niche industries both in terms of product development, but also business management.

I enjoy collaborating with others and appreciate the camaraderie and learning opportunities teamwork provides. At university, I have successfully contributed to assessment project teams with infectious passion and worked conscientiously with others on extracurricular activities, such as the Swinburne Formula SAE Team.

In my free time, I enjoy cycling almost as much as I do tinkering with bikes, hiking and photography.

Free Flip: A Transportable Trike for children with Mobility Needs

Turbo Light: UV water Sterilization system powered by water flow

TetraTap: Water faucet and Soap dispenser for luxury Melbourne hotels

Avail: Shower seat/ Bathroom support for the elderly

Moon: Ambient lamp

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.