About me
Hi, I’m Yiwen Kong, currently a student majoring in CCS Transportation. I am passionate about sketching cars and using visual storytelling to convey my design thinking across different media.
Beyond automotive design, I explore visual arts, sculpture, and material craftsmanship, which help me bring my ideas from paper to reality. I truly enjoy collaborating with people from diverse backgrounds to envision new possibilities for the future.
echokongyiwen@gmail.com
Phone
+1 248 832 0079
Education
Detroit, Mi, US
College for Creative Studies
Fall 2023-Fall 2026
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Transportation Design
Hangzhou, China
China Academy of Art
Fall 2017-Spring 2022
Bachelor in Product Design
Postgraduate course in Industrial Design
Experience
Newark, California
Lucid Motors Design Intern
Summer 2025.-Fall 2025.
Gravity-X sill plate design
Personal project
Contributed to the design of the Lucid Gravity-X, showcased at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
Completed an independent design project, “LUMEA,” including car interior design, and developed a full-scale instrument panel model.
Shanghai, China
Pininfarina Design Intern
Spring 2022.-Summer 2022.
Hong qi concept car design
ROX exterior design
Research on sustainable trends in the future. Completing the production of automotive components in the factory. Automotive design sketch and rendering.
Shanghai, China
SAIC Design Center Intern
Summer 2022-Fall 2022
ROEWE IMax8 design
Including automotive component design, brand research, and benchmark analysis to establish design direction while enhancing brand identity consistency.
Tools
Photoshop
Design
Blender
Modeling & animation
Illustrator
Design
Alias
Modeling
Premiere Pro
Video Editing
Unreal engine
Scene Setup & animation
Vizcom
AI design generation
Figma
Creating & managing tasks