Dosun Shin, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the School of Design, Arizona State University, designer of The NuttyBuddy™, patented, premier athletic protective cup.
Dosun received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in August 2003, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from Keimyung University, South Korea in February of 1999. He has been an industrial designer since 1999 and has worked for EN.S Design, South Korea, HON Technologies, Hearth and Home, Insight Product Development, and Fire Stone Home Products. He is currently serving as a design consultant in the areas of medical equipment and outdoor products. One of his designs for an electric barbeque grill won the Vesta award from the HPBA show held in California in the spring of 2004 as the best new outdoor product using alternative fuel.
The research Professor Shin has undertaken at Arizona State University is informed by his professional experience and expertise in the area of product design and development. His research interests center around the “humanization of technology,” with a specific focus on assistive devices for people with physical limitations. He is currently working on projects with Professor Donald Herring and a local corporation Kinetic Muscle Inc. (KMI) to design products using “air muscle technology” to assist users with muscular-dystrophy.
The NuttyBuddy™ patented, premier athletic protective cup won an international design award in 2006 from the IDSA (Industrial Design Society of America). The product has been featured in The ISDA 2006 Year Book of Design, Business Week Magazine, and ESPN Magazine among others.
