GABRIEL JACOBS
INFORMATION
CV

gabriel jacobs is a 27yr visual engineer based in nyc. he solves problems and creates solutions to ones that dont yet exist through a combination of storytelling, visual design, analytical research, physical scuptural practice and technical know how.

working across a variety of fields including finance, marketing, fabrication, fine art, tech and fashion he embues the jack of all trades persona.




PURPOSE SELECTED PROJECTSWHEN
BRANDING_SOMADA systems2025-now
DESIGN
_SOMADA products2024-now

CLIENT
Sergio Tacchini2025-now

GEN AIAI --GEN--
2023-now

CONCEPT
24hr layout
2021-26

FINANCE Keyrock Trading 2021-2025
SCULPTUREmy sister’s plight2019-20
MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY
PERM-line  2017

POLITICAL RESEARCH
ru n fra gm ent ation 2018

PHOTO
Family Threads
2015-17

DOCUMENTARY
THE Restrooms 2015-16

ENGINEERING
>>FLIGHT SYSTEMS<< 2014-16

TT9_DO
Ref. V/PLX-302  2037

POD_15
Ref. V/GRQ-281 2036

LPA_CC
V/KSN-778  2035

S34_YV
V/EAO-541  2034

FED_D8
Ref. V/TUR-444  2033


SOMADA systems Ref. R/XTR-0822025-49


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SUN ZHIQUE
ALEX MORGAN
SASHA R, KARLA G, DONA B , JOSHUA D
SOMADA SYSTEMS is an experimental accessories project I founded in 2025 and developed in collaboration with two partners. The work consolidates a year of research into digitally designed, additively manufactured objects operating at the intersection of industrial design, speculative fiction, and fashion systems. 

The project is structured as both a product line and a narrative framework. Somada positions its artifacts as physical outputs of a fictionalized research entity: Somada Laboratories, a decommissioned tri-governmental program tasked with stabilizing dormant bio-anomalies for dermal integration. Each object functions simultaneously as a wearable accessory and as evidence of that system’s existence.






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Rather than treating narrative as branding, Somada uses it as a design constraint. Form, material choice, surface logic, and assembly methods are all derived from this internal fiction, resulting in objects that prioritize anatomical rhythm, modular repetition, and biomechanical tension.

See >>_SOMADA products<< for Design story



In addition to leading product design and manufacturing, I helped assist the creation of all visual and marketing materials associated with Somada Systems. This included campaign imagery, editorial assets, and e-commerce content, developed in collaboration with Creative Director Kirsten Opp.


The project was presented through high-end styled shoots and controlled releases, positioning the objects within a broader visual system that mirrors their conceptual origin. Somada was conceived as a complete loop: design, fabrication, narrative, and deployment authored as a single system.
NAVA BODY STRAP [PA-11 BIO-NYLON]
XYRA SHORT BODY STRAP [AlSi10Mg ALLOY]
ORAI CHARM [316L STEEL]

ORAI CHARM  [PA-11 BIO-NYLON]



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