Marcus Lee was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. He studied Industrial Design at the University of New South Wales before working for in-flight product design studio - Watermark Products and then leading Australian design consultancy - Nielsen Design.
Since 2019 he works for the Apple Industrial Design team in California.
Work
Marcus Lee
Awards
Marcus Lee
Young Australian Designer of the Year
Good Design Australia - 2016
Winner - Design Entrepreneur Award (for Vita Haemodialysis Machine)
Good Design Australia / CtechBA - 2016
The Dean's Award (Semester 2)
University of New South Wales - 2016
Shortlisted - 2x Red Dot Design Award (Design Concept)
For Vita Haemodialysis Machine & Whirl Package Dispensing Mechanism
Red Dot Design Award - 2016
Finalist - Australian Graduate of the Year (Industrial Design)
Design Institute of Australia - 2016
The University Medal & First Class Honours in Industrial Design
University of New South Wales - 2015
Winner - Australian Packaging Covenant Sustainable Design Award
Australian Packaging Covenant - 2014
Third Place - Cormack Packaging Innovation Award
Cormack Packaging - 2014
First Prize - Travel Futures Award
Watermark Products / University of New South Wales - 2013
Silver Prize - Southern Cross Packaging Award (Packaging, Society and Consumers Brief)
Southern Cross Packaging Australia - 2013
Undergraduate Scholar
University of New South Wales - 2012/2013/2014
Undergraduate Dean's Merit List
University of New South Wales - 2012/2013/2014/2015
UNSW Academic Achievement Award Scholarship
University of New South Wales - 2011
Marcus Lee featured in the Meet the Makers video series by the University of New South Wales - 2016
YADA
Vita by Marcus Lee featured on the Young Australian Design Awards website
ABC
Radio interview with Marcus Lee on ABC Illawarra - 9:15am 2 June 2016
WDO
Marcus Lee young designer profile featured on the World Design Organization (WDO) website
DEA
Vita by Marcus Lee featured on the Design Entrepreneur Awards website - 2016
PCA
360 Gum packaging by Marcus Lee featured on the Packaging Covenant of Australia website
FJSEN
Marcus Lee winning Design Entrepreneur Award featured on FJSEN
UNSW
Vita by Marcus Lee featured on the UNSW Newsroom website - 2016
About
Marcus Lee
Apple (2019 - Present)
Industrial Design
Nielsen Design (2016 - 2019)
Industrial Design
Galileo Watermark (2016 - 2019)
CAD Sculptor / 3D Modeller
The University of New South Wales (2016 & 2018)
Tutor
Watermark Products (2016 - 2017)
Designer / Creative
Watermark Products (2014 - 2016)
Junior Creative
Sunswift - UNSW Solar Car Racing Team (2014 - 2015)
Junior - Sunswift Industrial Design Team
Snowballing Ideas (2014 - 2015)
Junior - Industrial Design
The University of New South Wales (2014)
Undergraduate Research Assistant - 3D Printing Research Grant
Bachelor of Industrial Design 2015 (with Honours Class 1 and The University Medal)
University of New South Wales, Australia
College Dux 2011 (with 95.90 ATAR ranking)
Marist College Pagewood, Australia
Design Skills
Design Thinking / Research / Conceptualisation
3D Computer Aided Design / Visualisation
Design Prototyping / Model Making
Design for Manufacture
User Centred Design
Design Sketching
Software Skills
Alias
Solidworks
Rhinoceros 3D
Keyshot
V-ray (3DS Max)
Showcase
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign
Adobe After Effects
Makerware
Z-Suite
UP!
Mac + PC
